The situation with Wilfried Zaha at Manchester United is a little hard to understand.
How does one of English football’s brightest young sparks fail to get into a team that keeps giving opportunities to Ashley Young? It just doesn’t add up.
Whilst Zaha got some game-time during pre-season, he’s been completely phased out since. That’s interesting, given his comments earlier this year:
“It’s been great. Just playing time is all I wanted and hopefully I’ll get that in the season to come.”
Uh oh. Something tells me that Wilfried won’t be entirely happy with his current situation at Old Trafford.
Yes, he’s a young player, but I’m sure he won’t have moved clubs at this point in his career unless he was promised opportunities to impress. As things currently stand, he hasn’t really been given a shot.
Indeed, the 20-year-old wing wizard hasn’t played a game since his Community Shield appearance against Wigan. He didn’t feature in Manchester United’s Capital One Cup game and often doesn’t make the bench during the club’s Premier League outings.
Things have got so bad that The Star recently ran an article suggesting that David Moyes is willing to let the player go this January, should the right offer come in.
The clubs interested in acquiring Zaha are Swansea City, West Brom, Stoke City, Newcastle and of course, Crystal Palace. This young man is getting a lot of attention for a reason: he’s uniquely talented.
His direct running, dribbling ability and pace make him an extremely exciting to watch. Whilst he was at Palace, he combined these qualities with genuine end product. That’s what attracted Sir Alex Ferguson in the first place.
It would be a bizarre occurrence if United were to sign a player and then sell him before giving him a proper chance. But wouldn’t it be emblematic of David Moyes’ tenure as Manchester United boss?
It’s my feeling that Moyes needs to do everything in his power to keep hold of the youngster. If that means offering him some game time, so be it. It’s not like he’d be breaking up a winning team, any way.
Either way, it’ll be interesting to see if bids do come in this January and exactly how the club responds to them.
What’s your take? Should Manchester United hold on to Wilfried Zaha?
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Zaha is good, he should be given more playing time he really need that. What he needs now is to work harder on how to tackle and win ball from opponent.
zaha should be given full outings , why? adnan januzaj.these two exciting youngsters can make a difference and save utd millions
yes manutd should hold on to zaha cos he’s gat great talent just dat Moyes has not given him opportunity to prove himself.he should b allowed to play premiership so he can prove himself. my frnds call me iniesta and someday I will play for united
moyes u want to make a blunder like wot they did last season by letting pogba go. Giv zaha some playing time if u dont i guess u want to destroy u reputation by selling what sir alex bought.thnk, thnk n thnk again