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Ex-Crystal Palace owner Jordan: Zaha better for Arsenal than Pepe

Former Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan says Arsenal have blundered with the signing of Nicolas Pepe.

Arsenal should have moved for Wilfried Zaha due to the Crystal Palace winger's top-flight experience, insists Jordan.

He said: "Zaha is an established Premier League player. Wilf came out of my academy and part of the group of players I produced, who made his debut just after I left and he is a prestigious talent.

"He's a proper player and now he has his head up, he's starting to see things more on the pitch, making runs and scoring goals.

"In my view he's every bit as good as [Riyad] Mahrez and if he's £60m, then so is Wilfried Zaha."

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