Roma and Crystal Palace could negotiate shock swap deal for Zaha [Link] via [Link]

Likely bollocks, never heard of this fella but I don't watch Serie A.

As i posted in another Zaha thread, Clinton & AJ spring to mind.

This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.

from his Skills vids (which appears to be mostly taken from reserves/U23 etc matches) he seems fairly tasty. quick, direct and strong.
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and obvs. those goals for the 1st team are top notch.

If we get a good deal, then why not - like replacing Wilf with a younger model. still, a lot to prove and a lot that can go wrong.

"It was a Team effort, I guess it took all players working together to lose this one"

He's a pure attacker, fast and skilful, can take a man on and beat him, different from Benteke, Mateta and Edouard. If we're interested in him, I'd guess it's because he'd give us a different option up front.

Very highly rated coming through (which I'm well aware means little; great youngsters often fall at the last hurdle) but not entirely surprisingly he fell away a bit after a fast start when he originally broke into the Roma team. He's the sort of player we wouldn't have been able to sign in a million years if he'd kept up his breakthrough pace but it appears now we can. Mourinho's let plenty of young players go before who've gone on to make their mark (Salah, DeBruyne anyone?) He's also Ghanaian so I'd guess Ayew would put a protective arm around him and be able to nurture him into the PL.

If Zaha has decided to go (remember, it's his decision, not ours) I'm not averse to Felix as part of the deal. At least it reduces the cash that Man Utd. get a percentage of. Felix is probably not a sure thing but he has a very high ceiling given his age and history and if he does fulfil his potential, we'd be laughing. And I trust Vieira and his team to know how to develop a player.

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.

I assume Man Utd would still get the agreed proportion of the total sell-on price, rather than the net amount Palace received after a player exchange, so Palace might have to dip into their piggy-bank to make up any shortfall?

I fear that eventually when the Afcon is on we will only have 3 players left

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