{"id":617027,"date":"2022-08-29T07:39:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T11:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=617027"},"modified":"2022-08-29T07:39:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T11:39:32","slug":"chelsea-consider-wilfried-zaha-crystal-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/29\/chelsea-consider-wilfried-zaha-crystal-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Consider Move for \u2018Sensational\u2019 Forward as Thomas Tuchel Eyes Attacking Reinforcements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2022\/aug\/28\/transfer-roundup-forest-face-aurier-decision-chelsea-eye-wilfried-zaha\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">transfer round-up<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0from The Guardian,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/29\/wesley-fofana-chelsea-medical-leicester-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0are now monitoring Wilfried Zaha&#8217;s situation at\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/02\/england-international-goalkeeper-sam-johnstone-crystal-palace\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Crystal Palace<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, with the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.besoccer.com\/new\/sensational-zaha-could-play-for-real-madrid-490944\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sensational<\/a>&#8221; Ivory Coast attacker having less than 12 months left on his Selhurst Park contract.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Wilfried Zaha: Chelsea Monitor Situation of \u2018Sensational\u2019\u00a0Ivory Coast\u00a0Attacker<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udcca 1\ufe0f\u20e30\ufe0f\u20e3 of the 7\ufe0f\u20e37\ufe0f\u20e3 managers to Triple Captain Wilfried Zaha in Gameweek 2 were Liverpool fans&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FPL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#FPL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LIVCRY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LIVCRY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sxhmxvRQio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/sxhmxvRQio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fantasy Premier League (@OfficialFPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialFPL\/status\/1559267253048299522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Chelsea Consider Late Move for Wilfried Zaha<\/h3>\n<p>Chelsea are weighing up a late move for Zaha, with the club looking to add reinforcements to their attack before the transfer window closes at 23:00 on September 1st. The Ivory Coast international has started this season in impressive form with three goals in as many Premier League games this season.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3544084\/2022\/08\/29\/ornstein-transfer-deadline-pepe-premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">David Ornstein<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> of The Athletic is reporting the West London club are having second thoughts about signing <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/28\/pierre%E2%80%90emerick-aubameyang-chelsea-manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang<\/a> from Barcelona. There is seemingly a question mark about the value of the deal on offer, with the Barcelona striker being 33 with an expectation of a high salary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/26\/chelsea-arsen-zakharyan-russian-wonderkid\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea Close to Signing Russian Wonderkid<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Selhurst Park star has 12 months left on his contract, and he&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-11154489\/Chelsea-consider-late-bid-Crystal-Palace-star-Wilfried-Zaha.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">conscious<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0that a big move away could be his last chance. Despite prioritising Aubameyang, Chelsea are yet to agree a fee for the Gabon international. With the transfer window winding down, the club are watching Zaha, as they did earlier this window.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What the Attacker Could Bring to Chelsea<\/h3>\n<p>He would bring plenty to the Chelsea attack. He is never afraid to take on a defender with a trick and use his exceptional speed. His direct style of play would excite the Stamford Bridge faithful. He can operate on either flank with great effectiveness, but he can also play in a free central role, where he can get on the ball and use his balance and speed to go past players with ease.<\/p>\n<p>Zaha would bring goals to the West London club, as proven by his 14 Premier League goals in 33 games last season. In more recent years the Palace attacker has played as a forward as opposed to a winger, which is noticeable when you see that his assist stats have decreased in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the\u00a0transfer round-up\u00a0from The Guardian,\u00a0Chelsea\u00a0are now monitoring Wilfried Zaha&#8217;s situation at\u00a0Crystal Palace, with the &#8220;sensational&#8221; Ivory Coast attacker having less than 12 months left on his Selhurst Park contract.\u00a0 Wilfried Zaha: Chelsea Monitor Situation of \u2018Sensational\u2019\u00a0Ivory Coast\u00a0Attacker \ud83d\udcca 1\ufe0f\u20e30\ufe0f\u20e3 of the 7\ufe0f\u20e37\ufe0f\u20e3 managers to Triple Captain Wilfried Zaha in Gameweek 2 were Liverpool fans&#8230; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":617037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11,12,7188],"tags":[1407,9408,548],"class_list":["post-617027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-chelsea","category-crystal-palace","category-rumours","tag-chelsea-transfers","tag-crystal-palace-transfers","tag-wilfried-zaha"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}