December 28 2016
Wilfried Zaha
Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha will be going to the Africa Cup of Nations with Ivory Coast.
Zaha, 24, has been named in the provisional squad for the tournament in Gabon, which starts on January 14, and could miss Palace's season up till early February.
The Ivory Coast-born player did play two matches as a substitute for England against against Sweden in November 2012 and Scotland the year after but was able to switch allegiance as they were friendlies.
He has been snubbed by Three Lions manager Gareth Southgate, who selected the out-of-form Andros Townsend instead, despite sparkling for the Eagles this season.
Palace have confirmed Zaha will link up with his new international teammates after their match at home to Swansea City.
His absence comes as a blow to new Eagles boss Sam Allardyce who will be without Palace's most consistent performer this season as the team bids to get out of relegation danger.
Other notable players selected by the Ivory Coast include: Man United defender Eric Bailly, Stoke striker Wilfried Bony, Bournemouth winger Max Gradel, Sunderland defender Lamine Kone and Aston Villa forward Jonathan Kodjia.
Palace potentially denied entry to Europa League?
at 10.19pm by Eaglecoops
InvictaK9 Security 'firm'
at 6.17pm by Eagleman13
Marc Guéhi
at 4.48pm by est1905
Team 2025/6
at 10.26pm by sprites
African Cup of Nations
at 3.57pm by Lanzo-Ad
Winners Shirt
at 3.09pm by eaglesdare
Odsonne Edouard
at 10.57am by BromleyMonkey
Main Stand redevelopment thread
at 8.34pm by ex hibitionist
FA cup final commerative ticket
at 1.39pm by BromleyMonkey
Crystal Palace Fans — Help with University Research on Club Ownership
at 10.39pm by Spindle
Registration is now on our new message board
To login with your existing username you will need to convert your account over to the new message board.
All images and text on this site are copyright © 1999-2025 The Holmesdale Online, unless otherwise stated.
Web Design by Guntrisoft Ltd.