Crystal Palace fear losing Wilfried Zaha on cheap this summer with winger entering final year of contract

CRYSTAL PALACE reportedly fear losing talisman Wilfried Zaha in the summer for a cut-price free.

Zaha enters the final year of his contract at the end of the season, with no progress over an extension.

GettyZaha is out of contract in the summer of 2023 and could reportedly be sold at the end of the current season[/caption]

It means The Eagles could be forced to sell this summer while they can still command a fee, according to the Daily Mail.

Further claims suggest the 29-year-old winger doesn’t currently plan on penning an extension to his current deal which expires in 2023.

So as a result Patrick Vieira faces parting ways with the Ivory Coast international prematurely.

Selling in the summer would secure the highest possible fee, with just two windows left to receive a fee for the wantaway winger.

Arsenal and Everton were previously interested in a deal for Zaha back in 2019.

Chelsea, Tottenham and Bayern Munich have all been interested in acquiring Zaha’s services in the past too.

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But the Eagles killed any hopes of a transfer by originally slapping an £80m price-tag on their star man.

That was lowered to £40m last summer when Zaha’s contract entered its final two years.

The club had been open to letting Zaha leave at the time, but only for the right price.

Now his value is set to plummet even further as he continues to run down his current deal.

Zaha had been eager to move on at the end of the last campaign in order to test himself at a higher level.

And the fact he’s held off putting pen to paper on an extension suggests he still feels the same way.

The former Manchester United man has scored six goals for Palace this term, helping his boyhood club to 13th in the Premier League table.

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