The latest bid submitted by United fell slightly short of the money Palace are seeking but offered scope for negotiation in the hope compromise can be reached. Palace will still push for the removal of Zaha’s clause when talks resume with Ed Woodward, United’s executive vice-chairman, and Matt Judge, their head of corporate development, in London. Palace considered those performance-related clauses – some are believed to relate to United, who finished sixth last term, winning the Champions League – to be wildly unrealistic. With suggestions abounding that Wan-Bissaka, who is under contract until 2022, has agreed terms on an £80,000-a-week deal with United, Palace made clear their frustrations going into the weekend and effectively challenged Woodward to match their asking price or walk away. Wan-Bissaka, who first broke into the Palace first-team in the spring of 2018, is with the England Under-21s at the European Championship.

Source: The Guardian June 24, 2019 09:45 UTC