{"id":623142,"date":"2023-04-15T03:55:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T07:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=623142"},"modified":"2023-04-15T03:56:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T07:56:12","slug":"fabrizio-romano-clarifies-wilfried-zaha-arsenal-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/04\/15\/fabrizio-romano-clarifies-wilfried-zaha-arsenal-links\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I&#8217;m Told&#8217;: Fabrizio Romano Rates Arsenal&#8217;s Chances of Signing &#8216;World Class&#8217; Premier League Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal are yet to hold proper talks with Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha over a potential summer transfer, claims\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caughtoffside.com\/2023\/04\/13\/fabrizio-romano-wilfried-zaha-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fabrizio Romano<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. The 30-year-old could leave the London side after his contract expires at the end of this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal Haven\u2019t Held Concrete Talks With Wilfried Zaha<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a id=\"v1YGVQiuSVJVcufq5c-dvw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1439630519\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'v1YGVQiuSVJVcufq5c-dvw',sig:'6n5rNiqR-yKepSNqhpSwPip_sVjReyg2e9I7dw4yBVo=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1439630519',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Romano Clarifies Zaha\u2019s Future Amid Arsenal Links<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Gunners have been long admirers of Zaha and spent quite a long period trying to sign him from Palace. They\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein\/status\/1145743658320314369\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">reportedly made an offer<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to sign him way back in the 2019 summer window but saw resistance from their London rivals &#8211; who just refused to sell him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/04\/06\/arsenal-looking-extend-reiss-nelson-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal in Talks With Reiss Nelson Over New Contract<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With links creeping up on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurosport.com\/football\/transfers\/2022-2023\/chelsea-ac-milan-and-arsenal-battle-over-wilfried-zaha-free-transfer-this-summer-paper-round_sto9444814\/story.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal possibly looking to sign him<\/a> if he becomes a free agent, Romano discussed Zaha&#8217;s future and wrote on his CaughtOffside column: &#8220;I\u2019m told Wilfried Zaha has not made a final decision on the future yet. Crystal Palace are offering him a very important contract; he will decide in the next few weeks. I\u2019m not aware of a concrete proposal or talks with Arsenal yet, Bayern have different priorities now.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">At this point, it doesn&#8217;t appear that Mikel Arteta&#8217;s side is actively looking at signing Zaha in the summer, with Palace also wanting to ensure that the 30-year-old signs a new contract with them and extends his stay with them.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Zaha Yet to Make a Decision on Crystal Palace Future<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Since rejoining Palace in 2015, Zaha has been\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/10\/06\/wilfried-zaha-best-crystal-palace\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">one of the best players<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and a vital reason behind them staying alive in the Premier League over all the years. The Englishman is aware that his next long-term contract will be the final &#8216;big&#8217; one of his career, which is why he is probably taking his time to make a final decision on his future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/03\/31\/arsenal-borussia-dortmund-interested-ivan-fresneda\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal Interested in Summer Move for La Liga Star Ivan Fresneda<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The 30-year-old &#8211; who has been hailed as\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/news\/klopp-zaha-comments-liverpool-transfer-28283383\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">world class<\/a>&#8220;<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0player by Jurgen Klopp in the past &#8211; has 455 appearances across his multiple stints with the Eagles, scoring 89 goals and providing 76 assists across all competitions. His impressive work at Palace got him interest from Arsenal in the past, and it remains to be seen if he signs a new long-term deal with his current side after they have seemingly\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/06\/03\/wilfried-zaha-crystal-palace\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">blocked a possible exit<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for quite a few years.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are yet to hold proper talks with Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha over a potential summer transfer, claims\u00a0Fabrizio Romano. The 30-year-old could leave the London side after his contract expires at the end of this season. Arsenal Haven\u2019t Held Concrete Talks With Wilfried Zaha Embed from Getty Images Romano Clarifies Zaha\u2019s Future Amid Arsenal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":623168,"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":[3,8,12,7188],"tags":[3190,548],"class_list":["post-623142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-arsenal","category-crystal-palace","category-rumours","tag-arsenal-transfer-news","tag-wilfried-zaha"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623142","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\/4218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}