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title: "Wilfried Zaha signs new five-year contract"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "Crystal Palace Transfer News"
published: "2017-05-26T08:56:36Z"
modified: "2017-05-26T08:56:36Z"
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# Wilfried Zaha signs new five-year contract

Without a shadow of a doubt, Wilfried Zaha was Crystal Palace’s best player during the 2016/17 season.

When the Eagles needed a man to dig them out of a hole and take the game by the scruff of the neck, Zaha was the man who stepped up – and he’ll keep doing so for the next five years.

[The club have announced](https://twitter.com/CPFC/status/867877741647077376) that the winger has put pen to paper on a new five-year contract which runs until the summer of 2022.

Zaha enjoyed the best season of his professional career in 2016/17, netting seven goals and providing 11 assists in 35 Premier League appearances.

He had caught the eye of Tottenham who tried and failed to sign the winger in January for a reported £25m but having signed a new long-term deal, it looks increasingly likely that he’ll remain at Selhurst Park for the foreseeable future.