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Topics: Wilfried Zaha, Premier League, Manchester United, Crystal Palace
Josh Lawless
Topics: Wilfried Zaha, Premier League, Manchester United, Crystal Palace
Wilfried Zaha could be set for a shock return to the Premier League just a year after leaving English football.
Zaha's contract with Crystal Palace expired at the end of last season and he subsequently penned a huge three-year deal with Turkish Super Lig giants Galatasaray.
The Ivory Coast international made 43 appearances and scored 10 goals in all competitions as Galatasaray pipped Fenerbahce to the league title.
But he found himself out of the team towards the end of the campaign and the club are now more than happy to let him leave this summer.
Both the club and Zaha are in agreement for him to move on, providing any suitors pay a £9 million loan fee given his hefty salary.
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Zaha, who still has good relations with both chairman Steve Parish and director of football Dougie Freedman, is seeking a return to the Premier League and according to The Telegraph, his former club Palace are interested and would be willing to pay the fee required.
It would be a third spell for the 31-year-old, who came through the ranks and is their all-time record Premier League scorer with 68 goals.
In 458 games across the three stints, Zaha has found the net 90 times and was a key reason in the club retaining their top flight status for ten years.
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He regularly resisted offers to move on during the eight-and-a-half year period, only leaving for Turkey in the summer.
After parting company with Roy Hodgson amid a relegation sort, Palace finished strongly under Oliver Glasner and ended the 2023/24 campaign in 10th place.
But the exciting young team at Selhurst Park could well be raided. Michael Olise has gone to Bayern Munich, while Marc Guehi is being pursued by Newcastle United and Eberechi Eze still has plenty of admirers.