Wilf Zaha had a fairly miserable time in his first year as a Manchester United player. Having been signed by Sir Alex Ferguson in the January before he retired, David Moyes clearly wasn’t a fan of the young winger and barely played him.

Louis van Gaal has sent Zaha on loan to the club we bought him from, Crystal Palace, but the player hasn’t given up on a United future.

“I signed for a couple of years at United so the goal is to do my best here for the season and go back and make sure I get back into the team and the England set-up,” said Zaha. “It is just great to be playing again. There is nothing like being out on the pitch and the crowd singing your name. It was a bit ­frustrating. What am I doing if I am not playing? Sir Alex Ferguson was the person who bought me. He left and people have different points of views on players. I thought about leaving for a while. Then I thought: ‘Let’s stay and prove how I can play to the new manager’. He felt it was best for me to go on loan and it was best for me to come home.”




------------
The RoM Manchester United 2024-25 season preview is now available. It includes articles from the country's best football writers about our expectations for the season ahead and our brightest talents, as well as proposed transfer business and which youth players to keep an eye out for. All profit goes to The Christie so please support this fantastic cause.