Crystal Palace increasingly hopeful of Wilfried Zaha stay amid £200k-a-week claim

Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha is likely to stay at Selhurst despite having just five weeks left on his current deal and will sign a new contract with the Eagles according to TalkSport.

The Ivory Coast international limped out of the win against Bournemouth this weekend and scan results have ruled him out of the last two games of the seaosn which could also mean he’s kicked his last ball for the club.

But a £200,000-a-week offer on the table is temping and likely to be enough to see him decide to stay in south London and see out his career with the Eagles.

Zaha joined Palace aged just 11 and has played more than 450 games for the club scoring almost 90 goals including more than 50 in the Premier League. Next seaosn will be their 11th straight year in the Premier League with Zaha playing a major role in their continual stay.

Tottenham, Arsenal, AS Roma and clubs in Saudi Arabia have all been reported to be interested in the 30-year-old whose only time out of the club was a brief spell at Manchester United and a loan spell at Cardiff before returning to Selhurst Park.

The arrival of long-time favourite Roy Hodgson has also strenthened the club’s bid to hold on their star man who gets along well with the 75-year-old.

The Eagles will comfortably finish in midtable again this year despite looking like fighting relegation just before Roy Hodgson replaced Patrick Vieira and turned things around.

LondonWorld sources say that Zaha is also looking for some level of ambition from the club and will only commit to a long term deal if there is guarantee that they will be looking to break into top 10 and at least challenge for spot in Europe at some point.