January 20 2015

Wilfried Zaha (Photo: Andy Roberts)

Wilfried Zaha is open to a return to Crystal Palace beyond the end of the season.

Zaha, on loan from Manchester United until the end of the campaign, has shone in recent games under Alan Pardew, and is pleased with his own performances.

"The manager has come in and given everyone confidence and it has showed really - I'm happy to be playing again," he said. "I know the talent that the team has - I'm just glad I'm part of it and I think we can definitely stay up."

At present Zaha's loan deal expires in the summer, but the winger is refusing to rule out anything as to where his future lies next season.

"I can't answer that right now," said Zaha. "Coming back to Palace would be great but that's in the future, so I'll decide then."

Recalling his brilliant performance against Burnley last weekend, a game in which the Eagles came from 2-0 down to win 3-2, he said: "I had one thing to do, just to get crosses in [the box] because we've got [Yaya] Sanogo in there and Dwight Gayle and everyone joining in.

"I thought there's no point doing pointless trickery, just get it in there. We went 2-0 down so quickly and unexpectedly but we knew we had to get our head down and try to get back in it and it's a massive win for us."