WILF ZAHA has given the clearest hint yet that he wants to quit Crystal Palace this summer – to be able to show his kids the medals he has won.
Zaha’s Selhurst Park future is increasingly in doubt as the Ivory Coast international enters the final two years of his £130,000-per-week deal this summer.
Zaha has little over two years remaining on his contractCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Spurs and Arsenal have been linked with a move for Zaha in the past, while Palace are desperate for the symbol of the club to stay.
But Zaha, 28, indicated he is ready to leave his boyhood club for the second time after his failed spell at Manchester United.
Asked if he might struggle in weighing up his relationship with Palace and his own career, Zaha told the FT Business of Football Summit: “It’s not really a difficult balance for me.
“I’ve been at Palace since I was eight and I have given my all to the club. Nobody can tell me I haven’t.
“I give 150 per cent every single game I put that Palace shirt on.
“It might come across like I’m angry and mad but that’s the passion flowing through me.
“I might get in your face and make you annoyed because I want to win
“But the thing is, I’m ambitious, very ambitious.
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Roy Hodgson watches on as his side struggle without ZahaCredit: EPA
“I have always wanted to play at the top level and win trophies and have the opportunity to show the medals to my kids and say ‘daddy’s won this and that’.
“So I will always give my 100% to the club but I’m ambitious and if there are opportunities I will have a look at them.”
Zaha won the Championship play-offs with Palace back in 2013, while he also triumphed in the Community Shield with United that same year.
Since then, the winger picked up an FA Cup runners-up medal in the 2015-16 season, as well as Premier League Player of the Month in April 2018.
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