Crystal Palace dealt huge early season blow with Wilfried Zaha sidelined for FOUR weeks with knee injury
The injury news will worsen Eagles boss Frank de Boer's week after his home debut ended in a 3-0 defeat to Premier League new boys Hudderfield
CRYSTAL PALACE will be without their winger Wilfried Zaha for the next FOUR weeks after he hobbled off in their league opener against Huddersfield.
Zaha sparked fears of a long term injury among Palace supporters after uplaoding a picture of himself in a leg brace to social media on Sunday.
He captioned the photo: “God shall protect me.”
The injury news will compound Eagles boss Frank de Boer's week after his home debut ended in a 3-0 defeat to Premier League new boys Hudderfield.
Zaha was the club’s second top scorer Premier League scorer only to Christian Benteke last season with seven goals.
The Ivory coast international played the full 90 minutes of Saturday's match at Selhurst Park.
But was consistently fouled and was brought down on four occasions by Huddersfield players.
The former Manchester United winger was the most fouled player in the Premier League last season on 121.
The nearest to him was Chelsea's Eden Hazard on 101.
In May he signed a new five-year Palace deal to dash Tottenham’s hopes of landing him.
Zaha said: “I spoke with Steve [Parish] and I think I still have more to give this club.
“The supporters have been amazing and I want us to do more than just stay in the league next year.
“I would like to thank the chairman for being a big part of my journey and his fellow owners for backing me and rewarding my progression. Let’s do this!”