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#3 Old Trafford holds no happy memories
If Zaha had been at Crystal Palace without any gaps since he debuted there back in 2009/10, perhaps a move to Manchester United might make more sense right now. But the other problem with him moving to Old Trafford stems around the fact that he’s already been there once – he moved there for £10 million in the summer of 2013 – and the move hardly went to plan.
Zaha was of course signed by Sir Alex Ferguson, but when he arrived at United it was under the reign of David Moyes, and to say that the Ivorian didn’t fit in would be an understatement. Zaha made just 4 appearances for the Red Devils, had to deal with some horrendous rumours about his private life, and was then packed off on loan to Cardiff City – coincidentally managed at the time by current United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Despite Moyes being fired in the summer of 2014, Zaha was still never given a fair opportunity at United the following season; instead, he was packed off back to Palace on loan and then made the move permanent in the January 2015 transfer window.
It must’ve been incredibly tough from a psychological standpoint for a young player like Zaha to have to rebuild his career practically from scratch after his first big move went wayward, and while the winger has obviously done a great job of maximising his talents since then, Old Trafford can hardly hold any happy memories for him.
So rather than return to attempt to right the wrongs, it’d probably be better for him to start afresh elsewhere – somewhere that he’ll be carrying no baggage.
