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Zaha 'used to go home and cry' when left out of Crystal Palace youth teams

The Ivory Coast international is an established star in the Premier League, but it wasn't always so easy for the proud south Londoner

Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha has said that he cried when he was a young man struggling to get games in the youth setup in south London.

He’s one of the first names on the team sheet at senior level as a 27-year-old. And made an attempt to leave in the summer, but the club were unwilling to part with him unless their valuation was met.

It hasn’t always been so easy for Zaha as he admitted in an interview with the Daily Express.