'I was shocked!'
to join them and were delighted to announce on Thursday that the player had committed his future to the Eagles by signing a new contract.
While competition for places would no doubt have been intense at Stamford Bridge, Merson insists Zaha’s career trajectory should have come into Olise’s thinking before he made his final decision. Zaha left Palace for Manchester United in the summer of 2013 and, after struggling to make an impact at Old Trafford, returned to Palace before moving to Galatasaray on a free transfer this summer, having had multiple opportunities to leave Selhurst Park for a bigger club in the last few years.supports HTML5 video
‘I was shocked,’ Merson told Sky Sports when asked if Olise’s snub came as a surprise. ‘It might have been because he was at Chelsea before that could’ve been the reason. ‘But for me the whole idea is to move up the ladder surely you got to make hay while the sun shines. Form can come and go very quickly a couple of bad games here and there.
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