Wilfried Zaha says staying at Crystal Palace was an easy decision after he recently signed a new five-year deal at Selhurst Park.

"There was no real rush for me to move to another team", he told Sky Sports.

"All the speculation, I never said anything, I just kept my head down, playing football and I feel like it's the right thing to do. I'm at home here and I'm playing football regularly, I'm enjoying my football so it was a no brainer.

"Why do I really need to move? That's what I thought about and I thought 'why not stay put?' I'm playing in the Premier League, I'm happy, I'm near my family so there was no real reason to leave.

"I feel like I'm mentally much stronger. I can deal with a lot more. With the way my career has gone, I've had ups and downs and I'm thankful for going through what I've gone through because now I'm a stronger person.

"I can deal with the media, I can deal with some of the criticism I get and still focus on what I need to do."

"I just try to do what I can for the team. I feel like the reason that I have that bond with the fans is because I'm from here," he added.

"I've seen the club come from zero to what they are now. I've seen the amount of sponsors we've gone through, some unknown sponsors to Puma now and just how everything has changed.

"I can relate to a lot of it so it's nice to hear things like that from the gaffer. I just try to keep doing what I'm doing."