West Ham United boss Gianfranco Zola is considering a playing comeback.
With Carlton Cole and fellow England striker Dean Ashton ruled out, Zola laughed off suggestions that he may dust off his own boots and take to the field as a player - four years after playing his last competitive game for Serie B side Cagliari.
Zola laughed: "Don't say that twice or I might listen to you! No, I'm sure we will cope without that. It's a pity really because we have a good chance here and obviously if we had everybody available it would be interesting to see where this team could have got. But it's ok. It's more difficult but the idea is still to try and push for seventh spot."
