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Evening Standard
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Nizaar Kinsella

Crystal Palace remain hopeful as Wilfried Zaha decides his future

Wilfried Zaha will this week decide his future following his honeymoon as Crystal Palace remain hopeful of re-signing their star on a four-year contract.

The 30-year-old’s previous contract expired at the end of last month but Palace have offered him bumper new terms worth £200,000-a-week to become the highest-paid player in the club's history.

Napoli and Paris Saint-Germain have also sounded out the forward, who has contract offers on the table from Lazio, Fenerbahce and Al-Nassr.

Al-Nassr, one of Saudi Arabia’s richest clubs, have offered Zaha the most money with an offer worth more than double Palace’s best financial package.

Lazio are serious contenders for Zaha and are the only team able to offer Champions League football, while Fenerbahce are outsiders having only qualified for Conference League football next season.

Palace are, however, privately confident Zaha will stay. They have seen the forward use the club’s facilities to recover from a hamstring injury but he hasn’t spoken to either manager Roy Hodgson or chairman Steve Parrish since his last contract offer.

Hodgson has already begun pre-season and is targeting a top-half finish after being announced as the manager for next season.

Zaha is ready to return to football after marrying his fiance Paige Bannister last week.

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