Former Arsenal star Paul Merson is urging the Gunners to sign Wilfried Zaha this summer and believes the Crystal Palace star would ‘make the difference’ in Mikel Arteta’s side.Zaha has been a top Arsenal target in the past. Indeed it looked as though a deal would be struck back in 2019 before the Gunners switched targets. They went for Nicolas Pepe instead and Merson believes that was a big mistake.
However he says that Arsenal have a chance to make amends by getting Zaha this summer. Speaking in his column in the Daily Star, Merson believes now is the ideal time to swoop.
Arsenal are thought to have had a £40m bid rejected when they tried the first time. They refused to go an …
- April 2, 2022
