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Crystal Palace hero Wright urges Zaha to resist Spurs, Chelsea offers

Crystal Palace hero Ian Wright has urged Wilfried Zaha to stay at Selhurst Park.

Zaha has been linked with Tottenham and Chelsea this season.

"The fact is that Crystal Palace without him are relegation material, with all due respect to them," Wright told BBC 5 Live.

“With him playing they're just a different team.

“The thing with Wilf, with his undoubted ability you find it very hard to see how he would play with other teams who are not going to give him that freedom to play.

“Because you can watch him play for Palace and he can take on as many players as he wants.

“Lose the ball as many times as he wants and no one says anything, it's fine.

“If he does that in any other team then people are going to say he's not using his team-mates.

“This is why Palace is the best place for him. He's allowed to just get on with it and do his stuff.

“With Wilf that's what you've got to do for him."

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