 Paul Merson believes Wilfried Zaha's career should have acted as a warning to Michael Olise and fears the Crystal Palace youngster will live to regret his decision to snub a move to Chelsea. Chelsea news, exclusives and analysis Sign up Privacy Policy The big-spending Blues activated a complex release clause in the winger's contract earlier this week and looked primed to add the France Under-21 international to their exciting new-look squad. Palace were angered by the way in which Chelsea went about attempting to convince Olise to join them and were delighted to announce on Thursday that the player had committed his future to the Eagles by signing a new contract. While competition for places would no doubt have been intense at Stamford Bridge, Merson insists Zaha's career trajectory should have come into Olise's thinking before he made his final decision. Zaha left Palace for Manchester United in the summer of 2013 and, after struggling to make an impact at Old Trafford, returned to Palace before moving to Galatasaray on a free transfer this summer, having had multiple opportunities to leave Selhurst Park for a bigger club in the last few years. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 'I was shocked,' Merson told Sky Sports when asked if Olise's snub came as a surprise. 'It might have been because he was at Chelsea before that could've been the reason. 'But for me the whole idea is to move up the ladder surely you got to make hay while the sun shines. Form can come and go very quickly a couple of bad games here and there. 'We're talking about Zaha eight, nine, ten months ago was available on a free transfer who was going to have him? He couldn't go back to Man Utd, will Arsenal have him? Tottenham might take him if they don't? 'All of a sudden, no disrespect, he's playing at Galatasaray in the Turk){kind=link}
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Paul Merson believes Wilfried Zaha’s career should have acted as a warning to Michael Olise and fears the Crystal Palace youngster will live to regret his decision to snub a move to Chelsea.
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The big-spending Blues activated a complex release clause in the winger’s contract earlier this week and looked primed to add the France Under-21 international to their exciting new-look squad.
Palace were angered by the way in which Chelsea went about attempting to convince Olise to join them and were delighted to announce on Thursday that the player had committed his future to the Eagles by signing a new contract.