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title: "Tottenham unlikely to press forward with £40m-rated target"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-unlikely-to-press-forward-with-40m-rated-target/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Jonny Gorrie"
section: "Crystal Palace"
published: "2017-01-06T18:00:47Z"
modified: "2017-01-06T18:00:47Z"
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# Tottenham unlikely to press forward with £40m-rated target

**With celebrations following THAT win over bitter rivals Chelsea still at large amongst the Tottenham Hotspur fans in the Transfer Tavern, some of them are slightly bleary eyed.**

Having blown the title race wide open, our north London locals are once again hopeful Mauricio Pochettino can deliver a Premier League title to their door, though reports from [the Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jan/05/wilfried-zaha-tottenham-crystal-palace) have dampened their mood a little.

They [claim](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jan/05/wilfried-zaha-tottenham-crystal-palace) the club are unlikely to bid once more for Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha, due to his involvement in the African Cup of Nations.

A bid for the 24-year-old is [understood](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/aug/25/crystal-palace-reject-tottenham-hotspurs-bid-for-wilfried-zaha) to have been the subject of a failed bid from the White Hart Lane outfit over the summer and since continued to impress in south London.

He’s scored four goals and recorded a further six assists this term and is one of the Premier League’s top performers in wide areas, though could miss up to a month of action while he’s away with the Ivory Coast.

That is [believed](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jan/05/wilfried-zaha-tottenham-crystal-palace) to have put Spurs off and many of our locals are shocked to read within this [report](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jan/05/wilfried-zaha-tottenham-crystal-palace) that Palace value the former Manchester United winger at around [£40m](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jan/05/wilfried-zaha-tottenham-crystal-palace).

It’s a blow for our Spurs fans, though they don’t agree with the Eagles’ [reported](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jan/05/wilfried-zaha-tottenham-crystal-palace) view of Zaha.

**How impressed have you been with Zaha? Let us know below…**