Mercato: PSG rushes on the Wilfried Zaha opportunity

As it has become accustomed to over the past two years, PSG is watching the market for free players this summer. After Milan Škriniar and Marco Asensio, whose arrivals at the club should be made official in the coming days, the capital club continues to be on the lookout for good opportunities at a reduced cost. While interest in Marcus Thuram and Ilkay Gündogan has been mentioned in recent days, Paris is also thinking, according to our information, of Wilfried Zaha, whose contract at Crystal Palace (Premier League) ends on June 30, 2023.

The 30-year-old Ivorian international striker (28 caps, 5 goals) is very popular with the Parisian management, who hope to convince him to join the project. In recent days, discussions have taken place between the different parties to try to move forward. Luis Campos has been following the player for a very long time and appreciates his qualities as a puncher, he who won over his audience in England with his speed and dribbling skills. The PSG football adviser thinks he is capable of bringing the energy that the Parisian attack has lacked in certain matches this season. He has another quality dear to Campos: versatility, he who can play both on the wing (rather left) and in the axis of the attack.

A legend on the side of Crystal Palace, his training club

The case is not yet settled. Sky Sports revealed in the middle of the week that the Saudi club Al Nassr, where Cristiano Ronaldo plays, would also like to recruit the winger by making him a golden bridge: 45 million euros over the next three seasons, i.e. 15 million euros. euros per year. A substantial offer for a player of this profile on this market, which the big Saudi teams seem determined to multiply this summer. The next few days promise to be decisive in the choice that the player will make who, until now, saw himself rather staying in Europe.

This is not necessarily the name we would have thought of at the start to strengthen the Parisian attacking sector, but the player who worked for Manchester United in particular has proven in recent seasons that he has the ability to perform regularly in his club. In the London club, the club that trained him, the Ivorian acts as a legend: in 13 seasons at Selhurst Park, he played 458 games, for 90 goals and 76 assists. This season, however, he has been a little less effective than usual: only 7 goals and 2 assists in the Premier League, he who had scored 14 times during the 2021-2022 season (1 assist) and 11 times the previous season (2 assists).