Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson admits Wilfried Zaha still dreams of playing Champions League football.
Interest in the academy graduate remains high despite the Ivory Coast international signing a long-term deal at Selhurst Park three years ago, while the club rejected offers from Arsenal and Everton in the summer of 2019.
Asked if Zaha could finish his career at Palace, Hodgson admitted: “I would think he still has a lot of ambition.
“This was a very unusual transfer window, there wasn't much going on and certainly weren't many, if any, big-money moves. A lot of the transfers were loans with a view to buy.
“I think when the market opens up again Wilf Zaha will again be a name on many managers and sporting directors' lips and Wilf will retain his ambition of playing Champions League football and doing things we have not been able to give him while he has been playing here.
“But I am hoping and believing also that the club will still be trying to persuade him that what he needs to get out of football he can get here and how that will pan out? I couldn't say.
“He is good enough to play at other clubs, but also he is a player we would really like to keep here because he has been so important for us and he is very important to all the fans and everyone around the club."
