Crystal Palace boss Ian Holloway has ruled out the possibility of Wilfried Zaha joining the Eagles on loan this season.
Zaha joined Manchester United in January but immediately re-joined Palace on loan and was a key part of their play-off success securing themselves a place back in the Premier League.
Holloway has dismissed any talk of the England international coming back to Selhurst Park and has wished the Palace academy graduate luck in the future.
Zaha will start pre-season training with his new club this week and will be doing everything he can to impress new boss David Moyes who has already had good things to say about him, as has Holloway.
“I don’t think that deal should even be in their dreams. I think he fulfilled their dreams a month ago,” Holloway told talkSPORT.
“I wish him all the best in his Manchester United career and well done to them for buying him. Sir Alex Ferguson very rarely gets them wrong and David Moyes will be delighted he’s found that talent in his midst because he can win games at the very, very top level.
“He wants to learn and he’s going to learn, but he’s already got 100 games under his belt for Palace and he’s delighted about that.
“I don’t think for one minute I’d even consider asking David Moyes [about signing him] right now. I don’t think it’s fair to the boy. He’s got to have a go at Man United.
“I’m sure I know Moyes that well that if there was a club in the Premier League that Wilfried Zaha wanted to play for, if it wasn’t Manchester United, I’m sure it would be us, so I’m sure the phone would ring.
“But, let’s be perfectly honest, I think the boy is so exciting he’s going to have a chance at Man United and I can see him getting in their first team and I genuinely mean that.”
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