Monday, January 14, 2008

Zambrotta Not Looking For Italian Move Despite strong rumours linking Gianluca Zambrotta with a switch to AC Milan, the defender himself insists that

Gianluca sounded none too enthusiastic about the prospect of a transfer back to his native Italy - but nor would he rule out a move, either.

Speaking to FCBarcelona.cat, the veteran stopper shrugged, "I am just thinking about helping the team and winning as many titles as possible.

"I have a contract here until 2010 and I feel fine at this club and don’t want to think about what might happen in the future."

Looking back at recent blaugrana encounters, the 30-year-old Como native was further encouraged by what he sees as persistent improvement from his side.

"The team did a good job against Múrcia," he said.

"We had the right attitude, we put on the right pressure and things worked out well in attack. I was pleased with my performance personally, especially because my cross led to the first goal although it was important for me that things went well from the team.

"You give it 110 per cent whenever you get your chance. The players that haven’t played much this season were very keen to play and gave it their all and that shows what a good squad we have.

"Thierry Henry? We are happy because he is back to his best.

"He had a great game against Murcia and it is important for him to be at the right level. But we didn’t only base our attack around Henry, this team has great forwards like Bojan, Giovani, Messi and Ronaldinho, when he’s back."

Fitness has been an issue for some players at Camp Nou this season, but again Zambrotta felt that there were few problems to contend with as improvement continues.

He concluded, "I think the team is fine in a fitness sense. It is normal for us to find the going tough when we play games every three days but at this stage of the competition the team is doing well."

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