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Journalist says Wilfried Zaha could leave Palace for free, after being tipped for Tottenham this week
Wilfried Zaha caught the eye once again this week as he scored a goal and delivered another trademark exciting performance at Selhurst Park.
Zaha has long been considered a potential target for a number of clubs. A failed move to Manchester United as a youngster has seen many call for him to give a top four club another shot now he is more experienced. As we know, Arsenal have been admirers for some time, while pundits this week raved about Zaha and tipped him to be a success at Tottenham if they wanted him.
And speaking about Zaha over on respected journalist David Ornstein believes Zaha might well wait things out and move for nothing in the summer.
“Palace would dearly love to sign Zaha to sign him to a new contract I’m sure. But with free agency looming and he’s never had that big move that many anticipated. Of course he went to Manchester United and it didn’t work out but since then we’ve seen Arsenal linked with him, we’ve seen Tottenham at various points, and we’ve seen Chelsea last summer,” Ornstein said.
“That move hasn’t happened. Palace value him so highly as they know without him there’s a good chance they’d be in a relegation scrap. So they’ve always set a very high asking price. There’ll be a number of clubs who will look at him and wonder if they can get him for nothing in the summer of 2023. There’ll be conversations I’m sure. Many in the game feel he’ll hold out and go as a free-agent and play in the Champions League.”
TBR’s View: Zaha Deserves Another Crack
It’s not disrespectful to Palace at all, but Zaha does deserve his chance to really show his levels at a club who is playing European football.
Of course, the Europa League can’t be counted out for Palace this year. They’re playing well themselves. But Champions League football is a distant dream and Zaha might feel he has one last shot at tackling that level.
Certainly, all those clubs mentioned would see Zaha potentially get his wish and there is no doubt he’d be a star.