Zola happy to go back to his roots

GIANFRANCO ZOLA swapped the Champions League for the less glamorous surroundings of Serie B yesterday — and the little Italian admits he could not be happier to have joined Cagliari.

Zola rejected the offer of a new deal from Chelsea to move back to Sardinia after seven successful years at Stamford Bridge.

And although he conceded it was a wrench to leave west London, the lure of returning to the country of his birth was, ultimately, too great.