text: Brentford are considering appointing Gianfranco Zola as their new manager at the end of this season. The Italian was at Griffin Park on Saturday for the draw against Bolton and spoke with Bees owner Matthew Benham. Current boss Mark Warburton is to leave the club next month after feeling his vision did not match that of Brentford, who are to implement a continental approach to their management structure. Brentford are considering Gianfranco Zola to replace Mark Warburton at the club when he leaves this summer . The Italian was manager of Watford for a little over a season beginning in 2012, and led them to the play-offs . Zola is best remembered for the seven years he spent at Chelsea, where he scored 59 Premier League goals . Zola is one of a number of candidates on the list to replace Warburton, with Benham also sounding out coaches from Spain and France. The owner wants to follow the lead of his Danish side FC Midtjylland, who are on the cusp of winning the Superliga, sitting 11 points clear at the top. In keeping with Benham’s want for mathematical modelling, Zola would need to agree to having a statistics man alongside him should talks go well. Warburton is leaving Brentford this summer because his vision for the club did not match the owners' Rayo Vallecano’s Paco Jemez was the initial favourite to land the job. Brentford could still win promotion to the Premier League in the coming weeks but have fallen three points beneath the play-offs with two games remaining. Zola was sacked by Cagliari last month after failing to win a game during his three-month stint in charge. They are primed to drop out of Serie A alongside Parma. But the former Watford head coach does have extensive experience of managing in England and would buy into the European way to start in west London. He also enjoyed a largely successful spell at West Ham for two years from 2008. Zola was sacked by relegation-threatened Cagliari last month after a winless spell in Serie A . Brentford are still in the hunt for promotion but are three points outside the play-off places .
target: Mark Warburton set to leave at the end of the season .
  Gianfranco Zola being considered for job, along with other foreign bosses .
  Zola was at Griffin Park to watch Brentford play on Saturday .