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Manchester United have joined the list of clubs scouting Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha. Tottenham are understood to be in pole position but Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool are also watching him.

Arsenal chief scout Steve Rowley watched the 19-year-old against Leicester last week.

Last month, Crystal Palace co-owner Steve Parish said: 'He is an extraordinary talent. I said at the start of the season that keeping hold of Wilf would be like spending a lot of money on a transfer.

'Other sides can fly their kites but it would take £20m before we even got interested.

'He has got the lot, provided he keeps his feet on the ground and continues working so hard on his game - then it will all come.

'People would have to compensate us accordingly for losing his talent - that is what a transfer fee is.

'All the teams have got to understand that you get £60m in TV money if you get into the Premier League, which is where we want to get. So we’d need to be compensated for reducing our chances of getting there.'