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Wilfried Zaha considering staying at Crystal Palace and offered four-year deal
Wilfried Zaha is seriously considering staying at Crystal Palace, talkSPORT understands.
Zaha is a free agent this summer but has been offered a four-year deal worth around £200,000-a-week to become the highest paid player in their history.
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Palace chairman Steve Parish is desperate to keep hold of academy product Zaha, who has interest from Marseille and Saudi Arabia.
Should he ultimately decide not to stay, he will have already played his last game for the club.
Zaha limped out of their 2-0 win over Bournemouth on Saturday with a hamstring injury and will miss the final two games of the Premier League season.
He joined Palace as an 11-year-old and whatever happens will be regarded as a club legend.
He has spent nearly 20 years at the club, barring a move to Manchester United in January 2013 before returning 18 months later, with a loan to Cardiff in between.
Zaha has racked up 458 appearances over both spells at Palace, scoring 90 times. Consistently he has been their best Premier League player over the last nine seasons following his return.
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Manager Roy Hodgson recently admitted that Zaha would be sorely missed if he did go, but players like Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise would be in a position to step up.
He said: "I think we have been very, very dependent upon Wilf for a long time. At least I certainly was for the four years I spent at the club.
"Now with those two players you mentioned, there is more support for the attacking side of our game.
"The club is in a happier position now than when I left two years ago, but will the club miss Wilf Zaha if he goes? Yes, they will, because Wilf Zaha is an exceptional player, he is an iconic Crystal Palace player, he is loved here.
"He would be sorely missed. But as you say, perhaps there are a few more players in the wings who can soften the blow."
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