WILFRIED ZAHA will reject the chance to play with Crisitano Ronaldo in the Saudi league in favour of joining a Champions League club this summer.
The Daily Mail report that Zaha plans to turn down a £45million a year offer from Al-Nassr if a Champions League club comes in for him.
The Ivory Coast international will be free to leave Crystal Palace when his contract expires in two weeks.
According to The Daily Mail, his preference would be to join PSG who plan to target the winger if their move for Borussia Monchengladbach forward Marcus Thuram falls through.
PSG were looking at Thuram, 25, in the wake of Lionel Messi leaving the club and the potential sale of Neymar.
The Paris club were hoping that bringing in a number nine like Thuram would enable them to get the best out of Kylian Mbappe who prefers to operate off the left.
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However they were yesterday rocked by the news that Mbappe will not renew his contract – and may be forced to sell the French forward this summer.
Zaha is also attracting interest from Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid and it is believed their Champions League status means he would favour Atletico over a Saudi payday.
This is despite the offer being made by Al Nassr being described as “generational wealth”.
Palace have not given up hope that their talisman will extend his stay at Selhurst Park however and have tabled a four year contract offer of £200,000-per-week.
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The attacker has until the end of June to accept the offer before formally leaving the club as a free agent.
Zaha has not ruled out extending his stay with The Eagles’ and is open to signing a new deal.
However if an elite European club makes a concrete offer he would accept an inferior wage to secure the move.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
