Gianfranco Zola has urged West Ham United fans to give football chief Gianluca Nani time to develop his transfer plans.

"He is doing a great job but he needs to be given time just like me to make sure his project works," Zola told whufc.com. "He's not going to go out there and spend £30 or £40 million. He is looking for young potentially good players which we can develop and for this he needs some time.

"I like working with him. One of the reasons I came here is because I like the project and that got my interest, not because I want to become the manager of Chelsea, Barcelona or Real Madrid. I am here because I like what they told me about developing young players in the team and that's the kind of thing I like.

"We need to work and we need some time to make it work."