Arsenal face competition as Premier League rivals Everton join the chase for Wilfried Zaha

Wilfried Zaha

Reports on Thursday claimed that the Ivory Coast international has asked to leave Selhurst Park admit interest from the Gunners.

Arsenal have been viewed as the leading candidates to sign Zaha this summer, despite having an opening £40 million bid rejected.

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.