Gossip: Arsenal to ignore one Man Utd flop and sign another

Wilfried Zaha could finally leave Crystal Palace now they’re good, but Arsenal seem more interested in signing Memphis Depay this summer.

WILF ON THE PROWL

The Daily Mail report that Palace ‘are open to offers’ for Zaha as the five-year deal he signed after one of his last proper pushes to leave Selhurst Park in 2018 will expire at the end of next season. Palace ‘have always been open to selling’ but his contractual situation, combined with the prominence of Michael Olise, Eberechi Eze and others who can carry the forward burden, should finally bring the valuation down.

While the internal view is that Palace have finally built a squad and appointed a coach that could cope with the loss of Zaha, it is added that he is still seen ‘as their best player’. There is every chance he could be persuaded to extend his stay after they win the FA Cup and Patrick Vieira emulates Alan Pardew’s Wembley dance.

DEPAY FACTORY

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With Erling Haaland and others being targeted this summer, that squeeze will become even tighter. Super Deporte therefore claim he will either walk or be pushed out, and it is a Premier League return that ‘most seduces him’. That is down to money but also a desire for vindication after his Manchester United past.

Arsenal, Everton and Newcastle ‘have already inquired’ for Depay,