Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha has been linked with Tottenham Hotspur.
Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew
Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew has taken aim at agents and Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur after Wilfried Zaha made it clear he wanted to leave the club, The Sun report.
The Palace winger has been heavily linked with a move to Spurs in the past few days and the player is said to have asked to leave the club prior to Tottenham launching an official £12 milion bid.
With the situation dominating the headlines, Pardew has urged the FA to take a look at it as he claims Tottenham have taken all the regulation out of the current transfer system.
Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha looks dejected
“The FA or Premier League should look at it. They have taken all the regulation out of that system and it’s showing a bit at the moment,” Pardew told The Sun.
“The agents have been on a kind of frenzy in this transfer window — trying to get involved with players who are not even theirs. Wilf came to see me and said he believed there was some interest from Tottenham and may he go.”
“I said, ‘I’ll speak to the chairman to see what the bid is.’ This wasn’t something that had been current for four days, it was literally Thursday. It broke from Tottenham’s end and we reacted to it.”
Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha in action with Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney and Antonio Valencia
Zaha rejoined Palace following an unsuccessful stint at Manchester United, and he has since become one of the club’s outstanding players alongside the likes of Yohan Cabaye.
Pardew, having seen Yannick Bolasie recently join Everton, will not want to lose another attacking player so close to the transfer deadline, yet the lure of Champions League football with Spurs is hard to ignore.
Zaha, 23, has featured in all three of Palace’s opening Premier League matches but the Eagles have endured a poor start, earning just a single point thus far.
Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha looks dejected after missing a chance to score
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