Just please explain to him that they wouldn't sell Zapata in January that easy even if he's fit...
If he was fit it would have been easier to buy him, imo. We could have offered good money and Udinese sell when big money are put on the table.
Zapata keeps getting injured and looks like he's very injury prone, though. Because of that no team in the world wants to pay big money for him. No-one wants to take such huge risk. And it's normal. Who would like to pay 20m for someone who may spend 99% of the time injured?
On the other hand, Udinese know that they have a real gem in the team and they don't want to sell him for peanuts. Unfortunately for them, they can't get more than peanuts atm, because no-one's willing to take a risk with Zapata.
That's why i expect Udinese to keep him till the end of the season and see if he can get over these injuries. If he makes a comeback until February/March and if he won't get injured till the end of the season then they will sell him. If he gets another serious injury again, then no-one will even think about buying Zapata anymore.