Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha admits speculation suggesting that he was an £80 million ($98m) target for Arsenal and Everton over the summer left his head “all over the place”.
The Ivory Coast international generated transfer talk throughout the last window.
At 26, the former Manchester United flop was considered to be ready for another step back up the football ladder.
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It was suggested that a boyhood Arsenal fan had his heart set on a switch to Emirates Stadium, but Palace’s reluctance to sell led the Gunners to land Nicolas Pepe instead.