Gabby Agbonlahor has urged Chelsea to try sign Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha on a free transfer next summer.
Zaha, whose current Palace deal expires in 2023, will exit Selhurst Park at the end of the season unless the club convince him to sign a new contract.
The 29-year-old attacker has been in great form this season, scoring the winner on Tuesday night in Palace’s 2-1 Premier League win at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers.
He’s now scored five goals in nine league games this campaign. This follows a career-best 15 goals across all competitions last season, with Palace boss Patrick Vieira starting to get more attacking output from the left-winger.
Wilfried Zaha on a free transfer
TalkSPORT pundit Agbonlahor suggests London trio Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham should all be planning a move to sign Zaha for free in 2023..
“Now I found out his contract runs out next summer, he can go on a free transfer to a top club,” Agbonlahor told talkSPORT.
“If you’re an Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea, you’re snapping him up on a three-year contract at the age of 30.
“Last night he was outstanding… He showed a lot of hunger last night.
“Great player. Hopefully he gets that big move.”
Zaha is a player that is regularly linked with a move away from Selhurst Park to one of the elite teams in the country, but it is a little different this time around given his contract situation.
Journalist Tom Barclay did claim last month that Palace have offered their talisman a contract extension.
As it stands, there’s been no official announcement to say the skilful winger has extended his deal.
For certain, Zaha has the individual quality on the ball to step up another level. It’s been great to see him improve to become more of a goalscorer, with all the top players largely judged on goal contributions nowadays.
If Graham Potter thinks he’s a good fit at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea should throw their name into the hat for him.
90min did report in the summer that Blues co-owner Todd Boehly was interested in signing Zaha.
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