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Arsenal’s Zaha chase has echoes of Ian Wright but this time it may get messy

et Wright join Arsenal after an emotional plea from the player but Crystal Palace will not be held to ransomRon Noades used to enjoy telling the story about the day a tearful Ian Wright pleaded with him to accept Arsenal’s offer for his star striker in September 1991. “We’d had a bid of £2.5m, which was a hell of a lot of money back then,” Crystal Palace’s infamous former chairman told me in 2012. “Ian came to my house in tears and asked me why we hadn’t accepted it. I remember it was a very emotional conversation in my kitchen but eventually I agreed to let him go.”
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