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Wilfried Zaha has joined Galatasaray following the expiration of his Crystal Palace contract.<\/p>\n
Zaha, 30, has signed a three-year deal and will be paid a signing-on fee of 2.35m euros (\u00a32m) and an annual salary of 4.35m euros (\u00a33.75m), the Turkish club said.<\/p>\n
Zaha started out at Palace aged just 12, spending most of his career there.<\/p>\n
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The forward made 458 appearances for the Eagles, the third-most in the club\u2019s history, and scored 90 goals.<\/p>\n
He scored seven times last season and wore the captain\u2019s armband on multiple occasions before a hamstring injury ruled him out of the last two matches of the campaign.<\/p>\n
Zaha\u00a0issued a message\u00a0to Palace fans a day before his move was announced.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to thank [Palace chairman] Steve Parish, all of my teammates, coaches and the entire Palace fanbase for always believing in me and encouraging me to get to where I am today,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have been blessed to play in front of you and call you family from the day you accepted me.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom the bottom of my heart, I\u2019m forever grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zaha made his senior debut in 2010 at the age of 17 and quickly became a first-team regular for the Eagles, after helping them gain promotion to the Premier League in 2013.<\/p>\n
The winger was purchased by Manchester United for \u00a310m but made only two appearances for the Red Devils before returning to Palace on loan one year later.<\/p>\n
It took just six months for the Eagles to make Zaha\u2019s move permanent in January 2015.<\/p>\n
On 30 October 2021, the attacker became the first Palace player to score 50 top-flight goals for the club when he found the net in a 2-0 win over Manchester City.<\/p>\n
Over the years, Zaha has been linked with moves away from Selhurst Park, with Palace rejecting offers from Arsenal and Everton in 2019.<\/p>\n
He was reportedly offered a new \u00a3200,000-a-week contract with Palace \u2013 the highest in the club\u2019s history \u2013 prior to the end of the 2022-23 season, but his existing deal expired on 30 June.<\/p>\n
The Ivory Coast international had been linked with a move to the Saudi Pro League, where former Premier League players including N\u2019Golo Kante, Ruben Neves and Edouard Mendy now ply their trade.<\/p>\n
Palace will once again be managed by Roy Hodgson for the upcoming season, with the 75-year-old having agreed a one-year deal after he replaced former boss Patrick Vieira in March.<\/p>\n
The Eagles have signed midfielder Jefferson Lerma on a free transfer from Bournemouth this summer, while goalkeeper Jack Butland and midfielders Luka Milovojevic and James McArthur joined Zaha in leaving upon the end of their deals with the club.<\/p>\n
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