Tottenham told Wilfried Zaha is not for sale as Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish slams ‘ridiculous’ £12million bid

CRYSTAL PALACE chairman Steve Parish last night told  Spurs: Hands off Wilfried Zaha.

Parish said: “There is no chance Zaha will be sold in this window — 100 per cent guaranteed. We had a bid from Spurs, it was a £12million bid and it was a ridiculous bid —  they cannot be serious.”

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Zaha has told Palace boss Alan Pardew he wants to leave Selhurst Park and Spurs chief Mauricio Pochettino is ready to come back with a second bid.

Spurs will make an improved cash offer and throw in Belgian winger Nacer Chadli.

But Parish is adamant the winger, 23, is going nowhere.

He added: “The manager and the player might have had a  conversation but I’m chairman of the club.

“I decide who leaves and he’s not leaving.

“He’ll have to get his head around that.”

SunSport revealed last month  Zaha was not happy with his contract situation and could even leave the club before the transfer window closes.

He is frustrated at not being handed a new deal to bring him in line with some of the club’s other big earners, such as new boy Andros Townsend.

Tottenham have been frustrated in their quest to sign £11m Georges-Kevin N‘Koudou from Marseille and now want  Zaha, who Manchester United signed from Palace in January 2013.

But then-manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who enjoys a close relationship with Spurs boss Pochettino, had retired by the time the forward arrived.

After failing to establish himself under David Moyes, Zaha returned to Palace, initially on loan and then permanently.

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Meanwhile, Poch said he would have “killed” winger Erik Lamela if he had tried to nutmeg him the way he humiliated former team-mate Townsend at the weekend.

The Argentine embarrassed Townsend, to the delight of the White Hart Lane crowd, in Saturday’s 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace.

Pochettino, a rugged Argentina defender in his playing days, said: “Yes, people tried to nutmeg me when I was a player, but they knew I would kill them after that!

“I understand Lamela’s game — he is always  trying things like this in training sessions.

“But for me, it is important to show respect to the opponent.

“I understand it is  part of the game but for me it is nothing to celebrate.”