That meant letting Zola go in 1993 to Parma, where he won the UEFA Cup and enjoyed the best goalscoring form of his career, hitting 47 goals in 94 league games in his three full seasons at the club.

Gianfranco Zola amassed a fortune during his career as a player and manager and although he's now neither, the Chelsea legend isn’t yet out of the game entirely ...

An Italian international, Zola arrived at Stamford Bridge in 1996 from Parma and went on to net 80 goals and secure six trophies in seven seasons. A statement from the British Embassy read ...

In goal, it will come as no surprise that Italian footballing royalty Gianluigi Buffon got the nod. The pair played together at Parma as well as for the national team. At right-back, he managed to ...