Wilfried Zaha claimed he had been “set up to fail” at Manchester United in a throwback interview.
is set to return to Old Trafford on Tuesday evening for Galatasaray’s Group A Champions League encounter against United.
Zaha is in line to make his first Champions League start against a club where he endured a dismal season-and-a-half spell between 2013 and 2015.However upon his arrival at Old Trafford in the summer of 2013, after a loan arrangement for him to see out the 2012-13 campaign at Palace, Zaha failed to impress David Moyes, United’s new manager upon the retirement of Ferguson.
Moyes watched Zaha for an hour in the Community Shield against Wigan Athletic, and unimpressed, removed him from the team. The then-20-year-old did not play forMeanwhile, his only two Premier League appearances for United came as a substitute on successive weekends that December, totalling 28 minutes. After an unsuccessful short-term loan to Cardiff, the winger ultimately returned toHe explained:"I went back to United [after a loan to Cardiff], it was van Gaal by then.
"I remember it was just me and Kagawa doing some shooting drill just the two of us. So you know they don't care about you basically. Not even training with the Under 23s, week in week out. You're not getting a look in." SPORTbible are on WhatsApp! We've launched a dedicated news channel to send you the latest news, features and plenty more directly on WhatsApp and all you need to do to sign up is click through to our one-way broadcast channelWilfried Zaha is 'open' to the idea of joining Cristiano Ronaldo in Saudi ArabiaFootball
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