Wilfried Zaha says he was desperate to join Arsenal in the summer of 2019, and wonders why the Gunners opted for Nicolas Pepe instead of making the 'no brainer' decision to sign him.
The Crystal Palace star thinks clubs should prioritise signing players that they already know a lot about from facing them, with Zaha having frequently impressed against the Gunners over the years.
The Ivory Coast attacker had a discussion with then Arsenal boss Unai Emery ahead of the 2019/20 season, and he thought that he was on the way to sign for his boyhood club. "I had a conversation with the manager, actually," Zaha told Jamie Carragher on The Greatest Games podcast. "He was just like, ‘we don’t need to go through much’.
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