Palace would be crazy to accept anything less than 60m. They've got him tied down till 2023, he's their best player and they don't need the money.
Wilfried Zaha
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But would he come back to United? He's certainly good enough.
Seems to have his heart set on Arsenal to be honest.
If players are going other way like 30m + 2 players, then we get only 7m .
He had the chance and didn't take it.
He's better than what we have by default. That's about it though.
Arsenal appear to have employed Terry Tibbs as their chief negotiator.
Arsenal are tight as feck.
£40,000,001 bid incoming
£40,000,001 bid incoming
Is he actually though? Martial scored the same amount as him in 7 less games, I don't think he'd be a drastic improvement on what we have, not for the money they'd want.
Don't think Zaha is comparable to Mane in any circumstance. Mane went to Liverpool and has gone up a level or two since. Zaha came (United) and although he wasn't given a proper opportunity to succeed, he's more of a large fish in a small pond given his influence at palace.
He's also clearly preferential to staying in London. Chelsea can't register new players, Spurs are stacked in wide attacking areas so Arsenal are the logical choice left.
He's also clearly preferential to staying in London. Chelsea can't register new players, Spurs are stacked in wide attacking areas so Arsenal are the logical choice left.
I'm meant for RW. I wouldn't trade him for Martial as Martial has a much bigger ceiling that he's nowhere near currently - worth the risk for now.
£40 million 
what a pathetically miserly bid. We just paid £50 million for a defender FFS. Zaha will be worth up to double that.
If Zaha had no intention of staying, then why the feck did he sign a new four year deal less than a year ago? He signed a contract the year before too, IIRC.
He's a wee bit brainless. Palace hold all the cards and Arse are skint as feck with no assets they can include in any potential deal.
Zaha can moan and sulk all he likes, Palace can and should stay firm on this. Will be interesting to see how this plays out.
what a pathetically miserly bid. We just paid £50 million for a defender FFS. Zaha will be worth up to double that.If Zaha had no intention of staying, then why the feck did he sign a new four year deal less than a year ago? He signed a contract the year before too, IIRC.
He's a wee bit brainless. Palace hold all the cards and Arse are skint as feck with no assets they can include in any potential deal.
Zaha can moan and sulk all he likes, Palace can and should stay firm on this. Will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Ah right, basically anyone would be an improvement on our RW
That bid is totally insulting considering we just sold a right-back for £50m and I hope we tell those muppets where to stick it. Instead I fear Wilf’s agents will do all he can to force the move and the situation will get really messy.
What a wonderful few days.
What a wonderful few days.
Fecking Arsenal. They know Palace will lose 20% of the fee as well leaving them with 32 million for their star player in 2019.Which is what's already happening
What would Palace's valuation be? Like you said you just got 50m for your RB so surely you'll be looking at at least double that if not more?
Arsenal can't afford him especially with United holding a 20% stake. Palace would need better compensation.
Unfortunately for Palace he seems like the kind of guy that might cause trouble or even stop training to force them into selling him.
Sky are already saying he'll refuse to go back to training if the move doesn't happen
Absolutely can't stand players like that. He signed a contract until 2023 ffs.
Joke of an offer in the current climate. They'll be looking at least 60
Disgraceful if that happens considering Palace made him as a player and then picked him back up when things didn’t work out for him with us. Should have respect for the club. Yeah he wants to leave, but if Arsenal can’t afford to pay the going rate are they really the type of club he wants to join.
Club should do the right thing in that situation and not pay his wages. Nothing else is needed
I feel some sympathy for Zaha here tbh. He's given Palace his all since he went back (granted they've brought him through in the first place and gave him a second chance when he was damaged goods) but the price they've set on him is wildly unrealistic considering nobody in the CL even has him on their radar. And from Zaha's POV, he's just seen his teammate move when really, he should have been the one to move first considering his long service.
Kroenke's a cnut as well. He should be investing in the squad, or at least allowing them to spend their own resources rather than forcing them to penny pinch, especially since they make a packet and are financially self sustainable.
I'd hate for the relations between Zaha and Palace to break down considering everything that he and they have been through.
Kroenke's a cnut as well. He should be investing in the squad, or at least allowing them to spend their own resources rather than forcing them to penny pinch, especially since they make a packet and are financially self sustainable.
I'd hate for the relations between Zaha and Palace to break down considering everything that he and they have been through.
How is the price unrealistic? It’s the going rate these days. Just Arsenal are being tight. They can afford to spend it but won’t because their owners are cnuts. We just bought a defender from Palace for 50m, so if we being realistic like you say then that means their best attacker will go for more because defenders for smaller teams are easier to replace than attacking players who can make the difference.
I have zero sympathy. If he wants to leave Palace (again) he can't expect to do it for a transfer fee dramatically lower than market value. Especially since Palace have to give us a significant %
If Arsenal want him that badly then they will have to find more money
We are certainly glad we got AWB done first.
Losing one star player is one thing, but losing a second could be the difference between going down and not.
If AWB went for 50m, there's no way in hell Zaha is going for even equal. Arsenal will have to pull a huge fee out of their ass here. And we'll for once benefit with that very hefty sell on. Although you should hope so with the miniscule fee we got first time round!
Losing one star player is one thing, but losing a second could be the difference between going down and not.
If AWB went for 50m, there's no way in hell Zaha is going for even equal. Arsenal will have to pull a huge fee out of their ass here. And we'll for once benefit with that very hefty sell on. Although you should hope so with the miniscule fee we got first time round!
Surely not. After all he's a local lad, and you get the feeling he has a genuine affection for that team.
To throw that away would be horrible and ruin his legacy there.
40 million isn’t really an insulting bid at all. He’s Palace’s best player but there’s a good chance that he’s much more suited to playing for a poorer side on the counter than for a bigger team. He’s not exactly set the world alight for Ivory Coast. Football really has gone mad that people think it’s a ludicrous bid.
Football has indeed gone mad, hence why it's a ridiculous bid.
Honestly they don't need Zaha unless they're replacing Aubameyang.
Wouldn't be terrible business to be honest. We can buy Aubameyang for £70m as quoted, Arsenal if they pull off Zaha for £40m can pocket a profit towards a midfielder or centre back.
If they bought Zaha without selling attackers how would it work?
Zaha
Laca
Aubameyang
Iwobi
Mikhitaryan (this guy will probably bite the bullet).
Wouldn't be terrible business to be honest. We can buy Aubameyang for £70m as quoted, Arsenal if they pull off Zaha for £40m can pocket a profit towards a midfielder or centre back.
If they bought Zaha without selling attackers how would it work?
Zaha
Laca
Aubameyang
Iwobi
Mikhitaryan (this guy will probably bite the bullet).
Why isn't he at the Cup of Nations with Ivory Coast?
He is.
They just sold a fullback for £50m or whatever.
He’s their best attacking player and it’s hard to replace them for team like Palace. He’s the difference between staying in the prem and relegation. So yes £40m is ridiculous. They don’t need the £40m when staying in the prem is worth more than that. They also have to consider the sell on fee so that £40m isn’t big enough for them.
Just checked. He scored today in fact!
It's absolutely insulting.
He's their star man, the difference between relegation and staying up. He's just signed a new contract, he has a 20% sell on clause.
The current climate (whether you think it's 'mad' or not) is one where 40 mill for a teams star attacking player is chump change, no way will Palace replace Zaha for that.
How much did they sell Bolasie for? More right?
Stay on 60+ palace so we get 15 which essentially means 30m for AWB 
Wasn't Mahrez only 50m? And he was player of the year.