Ian Holloway has admitted that he isn’t planning on making any attempts to take Wilfried Zaha on loan next season following the youngster’s move to Manchester United, but didn’t rule out the prospect later in the year should the youngster be loaned out again.
The 20-year old signed for the Premier League champions back in January before being loaned back to Palace for the second half of the season, playing a crucial role in the club securing promotion to the top-flight after winning the Championship play-off final.
With a new manager at Old Trafford in the shape of David Moyes, it remains to be seen as to what role the new man has in mind for Zaha this season, or whether the Scotsman decides the youngster needs to be loaned out in order to play regular football.
There certainly would not be any shortage of clubs keen on taking the England Under-21 international on loan next season, but Holloway has admitted he would be confident of taking Zaha back to Selhurst Park.
“I don’t think for one minute I’d even consider asking David Moyes about signing him right now. I don’t think it’s fair to the boy. He’s got to have a go at United,” admitted Holloway, who is preparing for his second crack at the Premier League following his exploits for Blackpool a couple of years ago.
“I’m sure I know Moyes that well that if there was a club in the Premier League that Wilfried Zaha wanted to play for, if it wasn’t Manchester United, I’m sure it would be us. So, I’m sure the phone would ring.”
While Zaha’s immediate future still remains unclear, Palace will need to start focusing on bringing in some new players before the new season starts.
Already heavily backed to be relegated back to the Championship next season, newly promoted Palace will need to add some real quality to a pretty average looking squad if they are to have any chance of surviving this season.
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