MARTIN Jol believes Fulham were right to let Bobby Zamora go to west London rivals QPR and says he is confident the team's firepower will not be diminished.
There was an unmistakable air of gloom at Craven Cottage during Wednesday night's 1-1 draw with West Brom, but the Whites boss maintains Zamora's exit was for the best.
“You would have to ask Bobby why he wanted to leave, but I think it was the best that we could do. “It was a decent offer and we decided to accept it. It was not a difficult decision. It was lingering on for months that he wanted that move.
“Of course you always want to keep your players on board, especially in this transfer window, but on the other hand, we had to make a decision and this is not something that happened in the last couple of days. I knew it was always a possibility of Bobby going to QPR and we anticipated that.
“I think the timing was probably ideal though, because Bobby left so we could get Pavel [Pogrebnyak] who has got a good record.
“He's had a very good spell at Stuttgart, played 45 times for Russia. His coaches, Guus Hiddink and Dick Advocaat were complimentary. They said he was a good boy who works hard for the team, so I was really happy to get him in because it's not easy to get players like him.
“Pavel hopefully comes in the next one or two weeks and we will be fine. Andy Johnson has a groin injury, Moussa Dembele dropped out yesterday and Bobby went to QPR, so I lost three main strikers [for west Brom], but for the near future, I'm quite optimistic.”
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