Wilfried Zaha

[CookieYiddo]

Definitely worth looking at in Jan if the money is right but I imagine he will go somewhere for free with big boy wages in the summer

 

[ukdy]

He looks so hit and miss for CP. I don't see how he does anything different for us.

 

[djhotspur]

He looks so hit and miss for CP. I don't see how he does anything different for us.

But I guess being in a much better side would help? He would have to carry us. He’s on big money so I doubt we’d offer him what he wanted and a long contract. He’ll end up at Newcastle or Chelsea is my bet.

 

[Nick-TopSpursMan]

Another player who plays much better on the left and is right footed so wouldn't help our balance if he was rotating with Deki.

We should be looking for a primarily right sided based player to cover/compete with Deki.

 

[Indacupfortottenham]

Free agent today,
We should be all over this in my onion.

 

[yawa]

Free agent today,
We should be all over this in my onion.

5 years too late. He's going to want a fortune on a free. Saudi here he comes.

 

[Indacupfortottenham]

5 years too late. He's going to want a fortune on a free. Saudi here he comes.

Would rather see us shift Peresic to the Saudi’s and use his wages on Zaha. Would definitely improve the squad I think.

 

[Dunc2610]

Not for me, he can take his attitude to SA! We can do better, and younger!

 

[spursfan77]

Can see him at somewhere like West Ham or abroad. Not for us though thanks.

 

[S17PUR]

Not for me, he can take his attitude to SA! We can do better, and younger!

Genuine question: what's wrong with his attitude? I've never heard anyone question it before.

 

[Flobadob]

Genuine question: what's wrong with his attitude? I've never heard anyone question it before.

I’d love someone to answer this too tbh. He gets a bit stressy about being fouled and pissed off at refs for not calling fouls on him sometimes but other than that he gives 100% for Palace and often drags them to results through individual brilliance

 

[S17PUR]

I think he'd improve us and be a very effective winger in Ange's system for a season or two, but at almost 31 and with his likely wage demands, we and he have probably missed the boat now.

He's in a similar situation to Kane really, except that Harry has never relied on pace or athleticism so can realistically maintain his levels for longer.

 

[al_pacino]

The only thing with him is he does it expect a freekick every time he's tackled and almost seems to get offended when that doesn't happen. Not exactly a massive problem for a footballer really.

 

[Dunc2610]

Genuine question: what's wrong with his attitude? I've never heard anyone question it before.

Hi CONSTANT whinging, always hard done by, rolling around on the floor, flopping over at the slightest touch....And I'm aware Richy does this, and I don't like it when he does it, but I'd argue Zaha is worse.

 

[felmani26]

Dreadful bump

 

[thecook]

Got to remain strong. Not many windows left where we will be linked with him surely.

 

[S17PUR]

Hi CONSTANT whinging, always hard done by, rolling around on the floor, flopping over at the slightest touch....And I'm aware Richy does this, and I don't like it when he does it, but I'd argue Zaha is worse.

Ah OK, I don't mind that at all. If anything I think we're probably a bit too nice on the pitch and don't really engage in the dark arts enough.

I took it to mean you were questioning his professionalism or something.

 

[HarryKane]

Hi CONSTANT whinging, always hard done by, rolling around on the floor, flopping over at the slightest touch....And I'm aware Richy does this, and I don't like it when he does it, but I'd argue Zaha is worse.

Since 15/16 Zaha's the most fouled player in the league almost every season. 15/16, 16/17, 17/18, 18/19 he was most fouled, 19/20 and 20/21 he was second most fouled to Grealish, 21/22 and 22/23 he was the most fouled again. He is consistently the most targeted player in the league, has been for almost a decade and it's especially done because if you stop Zaha you stop Palace so teams go for him constantly.

This is exactly what people said about Bale and why other fans didn't like him - he was a diver, complained every time things didn't go his way like a petulant child. Except we know Bale was targeted, was fouled all the time and because of that reputation refs didn't call fouls because they thought he dived, so he complained then people used that against him. Remember how ridiculous it was in 12/13 for Bale? He was fouled 1.4x/90 which is lower than I thought, Zaha's lowest since 15/16 has been 2.6x/90, highest 3.1x/90. On average it's literally twice as bad every single season for Zaha than it was for Bale. I don't begrudge Bale for complaining and I don't begrudge Zaha for it either, it's ridiculous

 

[SamR]

As a wing threat I will actually rate him. He gets fouled a lot and we’ve been good from set pieces (Maddison too). I can’t see it happening but I’d imagine he would do really well here.

 

[StanSpur]

Strangest move of the summer by a long way. Players used to go to Turkey for a money bump at the end of their careers but he could have walked into any of the Saudi clubs for 5 or 10 times what he will get at Gala. They will be in the CL but not for long and i guess he'll get a shot at a couple of domestic titles but, he could have done that in the Netherlands or Italy. Just dont really see the logic but it will be a decent front three out there.