LET’S HOPE WILFRIED WON’T DISAPPEAR INTO THE DESERT

THERE’S nothing that Saudi Arabia cannot buy but please don’t let it be Wilfried Zaha, a brilliant, experienced, exciting winger who has given Crystal Palace his best years but who, aged 30 and out of contract this summer, will be someone else’s brilliant acquisition. If Zaha (left) really covets their cash, then let his destination be Newcastle, not a place at Al-Ittihad, the doomsville in the same desert where Cristiano Ronaldo is playing out his time.