Zaza ruled out again

It’s the story that refuses to go away, Juventus winger come striker, Simone Zaza has been continuously linked with West Ham for ever. Just before Christmas we revealed that Zaza would not be joining West Ham on loan in January as forward cover.

The 24 year old is valued at around £10 million but is unable to hold down a regular place at the Serie A club. ClaretandHugh was told in late December by a club source that it won’t happen with players returning to fitness and that Slaven Bilic is disinterested in adding to the quartet of hit men already available to him.

We were told: “The club has gone down that route previously, bringing in expensive loan fee players and seeing them sit on the sidelines. We have players on the way back – there’s no panic. Our injury problems are improving day on day and we won’t be adding to the squad this winter unless it is absolutely necessary and it doesn’t look that way at the moment.”

Now Juventus boss  Massimiliano Allegri has ruled out a move for the 24 year old also.

“I don’t understand why he should go away, there should not be this storm about him. I speak to him every day, he is a player with great quality who has improved a lot and is important for us, so it’s fair that he stays here. We have four top-quality players in attack and they should fight for their places.”