Arsenal icon Paul Merson has urged the Gunners to make another attempt to sign Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha ahead of the two sides’ clash on Monday. The north London side have been linked with a move for the Ivorian winger on a number of occasions but have never quite managed to agree a deal.
Zaha has revealed that the prospect of a move was certainly on the cards in the summer of 2019 - only for Arsenal to go in a different direction and sign Nicolas Pepe for a club-record fee. Now, in evaluating the Gunners’ potential future business Merson has suggested that Zaha outperforms his international teammate and urged Arsenal to make a fresh play for Zaha’s signature at some point in the future.
Writing for The Daily Star, he said: “Arsenal should go back in for Wilfried Zaha and try to sign him from Crystal Palace this summer. They wanted him before and missed out. But Zaha wanted to join them and he won’t stay at Palace forever.
