Tottenham Hotspur made a bid for Wilfried Zaha yesterday.
Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha gestures
Tottenham Hotspur made a shock move to sign Wilfried Zaha from Crystal Palace yesterday. Spurs have had a £12 million bid rejected by the Eagles and chairman Steve Parish seems adamant that no deal will be going through before the transfer window shuts.
However, The Times are reporting that Palace manager Alan Pardew is less obstructive to a sale.
Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew
They report that Pardew wants Newcastle United’s French midfielder Moussa Sissoko at Selhurst Park. The club spent the majority of the money made on Yannick Bolasie to sign Christian Benteke. With that in mind they need to sell another player to make a move for Sissoko. With Zaha telling Palace that he wants to make the Tottenham move, Pardew is happy for him to go – if it means they can then make a move for his former player Sissoko.
Crystal Palace’s Damien Delaney and Wayne Hennessey in action with Newcastle’s Moussa Sissoko
Parew has spoken about the Zaha interest today. He told a press conference that Zaha remains in his plans and praised his chairman Parish:
Sissoko, who has also been linked with Tottenham along with the likes of Real Madrid, is all set to leave Newcastle after their relegation to the Championship.
He had an excellent Euro 2016 with France – even if his form with the Toon was erratic at best last season.
Spurs want Zaha and it appears that Palace are not completely shut off to the idea of a sale, as far as Pardew is concerned, as long as it gives him a chance of securing Sissoko.
But Spurs may have to pay much more than the initial £12 million offered.
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