Wilfried Zaha could feature for Crystal Palace against Arsenal on Monday night, but had things gone differently, he could have been lining up on the opposite side.
Zaha is touch-and-go to be fit for the 8pm kick-off at Selhurst Park after missing Cote d’Ivoire’s 3-0 defeat by England last week with a hamstring injury. The winger did not train with Palace on Thursday and manager Patrick Vieira admitted on Friday that he didn’t know “if it is a long-term problem”.
If he has overcome the injury then Zaha will face the side he came close to joining three years ago. The 29-year-old has frequently been linked with moves away from Palace over the past few years, but the transfer to Arsenal was more than mere speculation.
