Zola: 'I loved my time at Watford and West Ham but Chelsea will always be my team'

"I loved my time there [at Watford], just like I did at West Ham – I loved both clubs – but Chelsea is, and will always be, my team," Gianfranco Zola wrote for The Coaches Voice.

"So, when I got the opportunity to go back there, I couldn’t say no.

"Chelsea is where I enjoyed myself the most. I enjoyed my football more than anywhere else, so going back as a coach really was great."

Zola spent 7 years at Chelsea as a player, becoming a club legend as he led the Blues to 2 FA Cup wins and a Cup Winners' Cup title.

After retirement, he worked as head coach at West Ham and Watford. In 2018, he was appointed Maurizio Sarri's assistant coach at Chelsea and left the club in 2019.