Wilfried Zaha discusses how he's carried on after failed summer moves | OneFootball

Wilfried Zaha nearly became an Everton player at the end of the summer transfer window but has since been forced to deal with the aftermath of the failed move.

Everton reportedly made a club-record bid for the Ivory Coast international close to Deadline Day, just after Arsenal had made a bid of their own.

Though Zaha handed in a transfer request but Crystal Palace opted to turn down both offers and keep the 26-year-old at Selhurst Park.

Now, Zaha has opened up on how he’s dealt with the aftermath.

“I had to put my head down and play my football,” Zaha told BBC Africa.

“I would have been hindering my own progress by moaning and not wanting to perform properly.

“I have too much respect for my manager, the fans and my team-mates to treat them that way. It was a thing where ‘OK, this hasn’t happened but I’ve got to get on with it’.

“I’ve got to prove every time that I’m the top player I claim to be so I had to get over that quickly.

“Obviously, my head was a bit all over the place at the beginning of the season but I had to nail down and just get on with it because the team deserved that.

“I’m seeing how it goes. I’m a Crystal Palace player and I’m just trying to perform to the best of my ability for my club. I’m not thinking about anything else and just taking each day as it comes.

“The season’s gone well so far. We’ve got a lot more in us and I’m happy with the squad and everyone’s happy with where we are right now.

“All I can do is perform on the pitch. I’m trying to be a consistent performer on the pitch week in, week out.”

Crystal Palace will look to extend their winning run to three games when they host Manchester City on 19 October.