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Andy Gray: We never relied on Wright like today's Crystal Palace with Zaha

Crystal Palace hero Andy Gray says the club relies too much on Wilfried Zaha.

The Eagles lost a staggering 18 times in 20 Premier League outings without the Ivorian before winning 2-1 at Brighton on February 22.

Gray told The Sun: “I just think the current Palace side have got one star and rely on him heavily.

“It just doesn't free up anybody else to put their authority down. If you look at Palace you look straight to Zaha.

“It's not really a team where you say there's like five players, that even if Zaha is having a bad game, they can make Palace a very, very good team — which we had back in the day.

“No one ever said that without Ian Wright we wouldn't do this or do that. Zaha is great but Palace need to build a squad that doesn't rely on one player."

Zaha, 28, is set to return for the trip to Spurs — but whether he makes a big move in the summer or stays put, Gray believes Palace should embark on an overhaul regardless.

He added: “They are not going get £100million for Wilf, are they? Forget about the money for Zaha and rebuild the side regardless, with him in mind or with him out of mind."

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