Fulham manager Martin Jol has admitted that there was a rift with Bobby Zamora and has revealed the player wanted to leave the club.
Zamora joined West London rivals on deadline day and Jol says it was a good time for the England international to depart Craven Cottage with Pavel Pogrebnyak coming in from Suttgart.
"Bobby wanted to move so we had to wait for a good offer and QPR made a good offer.
"It was only a matter of making a decision of whether to keep him or let him go.
"I had the opportunity to get somebody else, who is a bit younger in Pavel (Pogrebnyak).
"(I would) not (say he is) better, because Bobby was a good player for us so all credit to him. It was just about making a decision for us.
"I think in the games he played he always gave 100 per cent, but if players ask for a move, you get the impression (he doesn't want to be here).
"If you ask your boss to move, I think he will get the impression you don't want to work for him.
"That is the only impression I got. He wanted to move.""The talk of a rift wasn't just over the past couple of weeks, it was over the last couple of months and probably since August," said Jol.
