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Zaha declares himself fit for United game

Rebecca HawksworthRebecca Hawksworth
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Zaha declares himself fit for United game

Crystal Palace striker Wilfried Zaha has declared himself fit to face his former club Manchester United on Saturday, the Mirror reports.

Zaha suffered a hamstring injury just before the international break and didn’t feature in his side’s fixture against London rivals Tottenham.

However, the 26-year-old has now revealed that he is fully fit and ready to feature once again for Palace.

Zaha has been in fine form for Palace so far this season having scored three goals and acquired two assists, with the Eagles having struggled to pick up points without him.

Zaha signed for Manchester United from Palace back in January 2013 for a fee of £!5million but was loaned back to the Eagles for the remainder of that season.

After struggling to make an impact at Old Trafford and featuring just four times for the Red Devils, Palace re-signed the talisman in February 2015.

Reflecting on his time at Old Trafford, Zaha said:

I was dealing with this at 19. Living in Manchester by myself, nowhere near anyone else, because the club had a hold over where I lived. They hadn’t given me a car, like every other player [had]. Nothing. I’m living in this hell by myself, away from my family, and I thought, ‘If this doesn’t make me stronger, what will?’

When I was at United I had [money], but I was still so down and depressed. People think your life’s different because you’ve got money, you’ve got fame, so they don’t treat you the same.

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