Speaking with cpfc.co.uk for a three-part series on Wilfried Zaha’s career, Yannick Bolasie fills half an hour with vivacious praise and stories regarding his former teammate without breaking sweat.
He reveals that, on top of the gametime he lacked at Bristol City, a key motivation in signing for the south Londoners was Zaha himself, and the chance to form a partnership which would go on to secure Premier League promotion and the consolidation of top flight football across two seasons.
It didn’t take much for Bolasie to sign - “it was never about what I was getting money-wise,” the winger says - and once he did, the vision presented to him by Dougie Freedman came into almost immediate clarity:
“It was crazy because when I was with Wilf, we clicked straight away,” he says.