Leicester City targeting loan for former Crystal Palace star with 68 Premier League goals, says journalist
Leicester City targets former Premier League star for potential loan move.
The summer transfer window has seen Steve Cooper prioritize bringing both midfielders and attackers to the King Power Stadium.
The departure of Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall saw bids fly in for the likes of Matt O’Riley.
However, any deal has not quite come into fruition at this point, despite Leicester City at one point being in ‘pole position’ to sign the Danish international.
As for attackers, Matias Soule was heavily linked with a move to Leicestershire. However, Roma managed to sneak in front and sign the Argentinian winger.
Unlike in midfield, Cooper has made significant progress in signing attackers, with Bobby De Cordova-Reid already confirmed at the club, as well as the likely loan signing of Facundo Buonanotte.
Despite Cooper bringing in the Premier League-wide pair, he has identified another potential option who is ‘available’ to leave his club on loan.
Leicester City is interested in former Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha on loan. Zaha has been made available by parent club Galatasaray, despite a successful debut campaign in the Super Lig last season, where he scored nine goals in 30 appearances.
As a result, both Leicester City and his former club Crystal Palace are reportedly interested in signing Zaha, per David Ornstein on X.
The loan, which ‘would include a loan fee’, would see Leicester City attain the services of a winger with a spectacular 68 Premier League goals in his career, all of which came for Crystal Palace in his nine seasons with the Eagles.
Leicester City, at this point, is a step ahead of their Premier League rivals, with the Foxes already ‘in talks to do [a] deal’, while Crystal Palace has only ‘explored’ the potential signing.
Wilfried Zaha provides the guaranteed Premier League ability Leicester City needs. As statement signings come for newly-promoted sides, they don’t often get much bigger than a return to the Premier League for Wilfried Zaha.
The Ivorian, who has 33 caps for his country, will be able to guarantee goal-scoring ability at the Premier League level, even coming off the back of a season in the Super Lig.
Zaha averaged 7.5 goals per season while at Crystal Palace and scored 32 in total in his last three seasons in the Premier League, showing that he still has the ability to thrive and did so for such a long time for what was often a bottom-half Premier League side.
The 31-year-old winger was Crystal Palace’s lifeline in ensuring they have stayed in the Premier League for so long and was undoubtedly the Eagles’ key player for the best part of the decade.
There is no doubt that he will be able to follow up that form in a season with Leicester City.
Aside from the ability of Zaha, getting him on loan will be massively beneficial on the financial side and tops off what would be a perfect deal for Leicester City ahead of the Premier League season.
