Tottenham & Everton 'battling it out for Wilfried Zaha in £40m move this summer'

Tottenham and Everton are reportedly in the hunt for Wilfried Zaha's signature this summer after the Crystal Palace star reiterated his desire to leave Selhurst Park.

The Ivory Coast winger has been looking for a big move away from Palace for a couple of seasons now, and has come very close to joining Arsenal in the past only for the Eagles to hold firm over their star man.

And now according to Goal, Arsenal's north London rivals Tottenham and Everton are in hot pursuit of Zaha this summer.

And the 28-year-old, who has two years remaining on his contract in south London, could reportedly be available for less than £40million.

Everton first showed real interest in Zaha in the summer of 2019 as they looked to win the race for his services over Arsenal.

The Toffees made two formal offers but both were rejected by Palace as they wanted at least £80m for their star winger.

But their interest in Zaha has not faded, and they feel they might be able to secure a deal for him this time round.

Tottenham, meanwhile, are monitoring Zaha's situation at Selhurst Park and could swoop for the Ivorian - especially if Harry Kane was to depart this summer.

The report goes onto add that Arsenal are unlikely to reignite their interest in Zaha with other positions viewed as a priority right now following a difficult season.

Palace will once again do everything possible to keep hold of their winger but Zaha recently admitted he 'deserves' the chance to finally secure a big-money move after missing out in the past.

Zaha's determination to win silverware is the force behind his desire to move on after seven years at the club and is hopeful he'll get his big break in the summer.

'I feel like I can have another shot at the top teams, because my dream is to win things,' Zaha told The Face.

'I'm good enough to go out there and compete with the best.

'If the opportunity came, I wouldn't turn it down, because I feel like I deserve it. It's so I can show my kids: "this is what daddy won".'

Zaha managed to seal a move to Manchester United in 2013 but his dream soon turned into a nightmare and he failed to force his way into first-team plans before eventually returning to Palace.

However, Zaha did not let that move define him and he has bounced back brilliantly to emerge as one of the best players in the Premier League in recent years.

Thanks to his scintillating form, he almost sealed a dream move to Arsenal in 2019 only for the Gunners to sign Nicolas Pepe instead.

And Zaha, an Arsenal fan, recently opened up on positive talks with then Gunners boss Unai Emery before the club eventually looked elsewhere.

Speaking on Jamie Carragher's The Greatest Game Podcast in January, Zaha revealed: 'I had a conversation with the manager. [Unai] Emery was just like, "We don't really need to go through much".

'He said he'd seen me play, he knows I can change games at any time and stuff like that.

'He was like, "Yeah we'd love to have you" and I was just like, "Yeah I'd love to come".

'The conversation was rather straightforward because I played against him when he was manager of Arsenal.

'He saw what I could do, saw my work-rate, and what I could add to the team. Obviously, it was up to the club who they chose and they chose Pepe over me.'