They prize big names

(obviously in terms of fame - Zola isn't a very big name!)

It's a bit like QPR's owners trying to accumulate everyone they could who was a big name in the Premier League about 6 or 7 years earlier (probably when they got interested in football).

Far East fans are very celebrity/individual obsessed (look at XXL's obsession with particular players, or those Japanese fans who used to just support whichever team David Beckham played for).

Brum's owners probably loved Zola as a player, and therefore it boosts their ego to have him working for them.

Posted By: mr carra on December 14th 2016 at 15:10:00

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Roy Hodgson going to be next Brum manager apparently (n/m) (Other Football) - Azteca, Dec 14, 14:27:06
- Oops - is the view of a couple of Brum colleagues (n/m) (Other Football) - Azteca, Dec 14, 14:30:33
- Source? (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 14:30:20
  - Just chatter amongst Brum fans. (Other Football) - Azteca, Dec 14, 14:32:54
    - Ah - don't remember this much criticism since Adkins was fired (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 14:35:13
    - Load of money has gone on Zola (n/m) (Other Football) - Duck, Dec 14, 14:33:48
      - Wow. Can't see the logic to that. But who knows how some owners think (n/m) (Other Football) - Azteca, Dec 14, 14:44:57
        
        They prize big names (Other Football) - mr carra, Dec 14, 15:10:00
      - Blimey (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 14:37:31
        
        1/2 on skybet (n/m) (Other Football) - Duck, Dec 14, 14:39:22
        
        Few reports that they're lining him up too (Other Football) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 14:40:54

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