Ivorian international and the guy who spent all his career, bar one season, with Crystal Palace has gone to another Palace. Galatasaray, Turkish for “Galata Palace”, have signed Wilfried Zaha on a three-year contract.Zaha had been the subject of interest and enquiries from clubs in Saudi Arabia, Paris Saint-Germain, Napoli, Lazio and Galatasaray’s rivals Fenerbahce.##NAJAVA_MECA_7390926##But Galatasaray has now beaten Fenerbahce to the signing of Zaha, just like they did when they won the Turkish championship last season. Galatasaray greatly increased their appeal by securing access to the Champions League qualifying round due to winning the title. Zaha wants to test himself in this competition.The tricky winger also had the offer to sign for Lazio and test himself in Serie A, but Galatasaray’s spending power clearly proved superior. Zaha’s move to Turkey comes after a fruitful nine-year spell at Palace that saw him score 72 goals in 315 games for the club, as they stayed in the Premier League throughout.
Upon arriving in Istanbul, Zaha visited his new club’s trophy room and said he’d never seen so many trophies in one place. Unlike his career in South London, he will be competing for titles in this new chapter of his career.