Tottenham have ended their interest in signing Wilfried Zaha after being scared off by Crystal Palace’s asking price for a second year in a row.
Spurs are ready to back coach Mauricio Pochettino in the transfer market this summer having not bought a player in the last two windows.
Zaha has been a target for some time and the 26-year-old winger has confirmed he wants to leave Selhurst Park in order to play for a club in the Champions League.
However, Palace are not prepared to let him go on the cheap and have put a £100m valuation on his head.
The Ivory Coast international still has four years left on the contract he agreed in August, which is worth £130,000-a-week.
That deal was arranged after a number of teams tried to buy him last summer, including Tottenham.
Standard Sport revealed at the time that the north London club weren’t willing to meet Crystal Palace’s asking price of £70m.
And Tottenham are certainly not prepared to more than double their club record transfer fee paid for a player now. The most they’ve ever spent was £42m on Ajax defender Davinson Sanchez in 2017.
Zaha is expected to attract bids from elsewhere though having enjoyed another fine Premier League season for Crystal Palace, scoring 10 goals and creating five assists.
