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CRYSTAL PALACE

LAST SEASON

PREMIER LEAGUE 12th
FA CUP Quarter-Finals
LEAGUE CUP Fourth Round
TOP SCORER Luka Milivojevic (12)

CAN PALACE POSSIBLY COPE WITHOUT WILFRIED ZAHA?

KEVIN DAY @KEVINHUNTERDAY

Aaron Wan-Bissaka leaving was an undeniably big blow for Crystal Palace, but as Oscar Wilde so memorably said on Match of the Day, to lose one homegrown superstar is a misfortune, to lose two looks like carelessness.

At the time of writing, Wilf is still a Crystal Palace player – and to be honest, writing this preview is hard when I’ve been crossing my fingers so much, I have repetitive strain injury.

And that ‘Wilf’ is important. To us he’s not ‘Zaha’, he’s not ‘Wilfried Zaha’, he’s just ‘Wilf’. If you stand at the very

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