Wilfried Zaha joins MLS side Charlotte FC in bid to reignite his career and will link up with ex-Premier League manager

WILFRIED ZAHA has joined Major League Soccer broadside Charlotte successful a bid to reignite his career.

The Crystal Palace icon turned down a £200,000-a-week woody to prosecute his Champions League imagination with Galatasaray 18 months ago.

Zaha scored 10 goals successful 42 appearances for the Turkish broadside past play earlier being sent connected indebtedness to Lyon - wherever helium has made conscionable six appearances this term.

The Ivory Coast planetary has joined the MLS side, who are managed by ex-Aston Villa brag Dean Smith, arsenic a designated subordinate connected indebtedness for the 2025 season.

Zaha's woody includes the enactment to widen the indebtedness for different twelvemonth crossed the 2026 season.

Charlotte's General Manager Zoran Krneta said: “Wilfred is simply a satellite people endowment who has proven himself astatine the highest level of the athletics arsenic an elite extremity scorer and accidental creator.

"His performances successful the Premier League and connected the planetary level talk for themselves and we are assured that Wilfred tin marque an contiguous interaction successful Major League Soccer."

“He provides invaluable versatility successful the attacking areas of the transportation and adds that small spot of magic to our beforehand enactment that tin assistance america triumph much games. 

"We are delighted to adhd a subordinate of Wilfred’s pedigree and acquisition to our squad, and we’re excited to invited him to Charlotte.”

Zaha has already started grooming with his caller teammates, who see erstwhile Burnley midfielder Ashley Westwood.

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Charlotte statesman their MLS run against Seattle Sounders connected February 22.

Zaha has not played astatine each since a one-minute substitute cameo against Angers connected December 7.

He started conscionable 1 lucifer for Lyon during his indebtedness stint, a 2-1 triumph astatine Toulouse connected September 29.

Lyon brag Pierre Sage said of Zaha successful October: "The thought isn’t to good him for the involvement of fining him.

"The thought is simply for him to beryllium alert of what we expect from him astatine our nine and I said helium needs to recognize that we recruited Wilfried Zaha, truthful we would similar to person Wilfried Zaha."