Seasons2019-20Rumour Mill

Targets left fuming as moves to Everton collapsed

Zaha was the subject of a £52m offer from the Blues that was lodged on 28th July and swiftly rejected by Crystal Palace who had initially slapped a £100m price tag on the winger's head and had already knocked back a £40m bid from Arsenal.

While Everton didn't end up submitting another formal bid, despite media reports that they had offered £70m plus Cenk Tosun and James McCarthy as make-weights, MailSport suggest they had indicated informally to the Selhurst Park hierarchy that they were prepared to go as high as £60m.

Palace refused to deal with the Blues further and, the Mail contend based on insider information, they started avoiding calls from Everton in a bid to see out the transfer deadline.

That left Zaha fuming that the Eagles had reneged on an agreement to let him go this year if a suitable offer came in for him.

Meanwhile, Rojo was the subject of an approach from Everton to sign him on a season-long loan, an arrangement that, according to The Mirror Manchester United were happy to agree to on Wednesday evening but by deadline day had changed their minds, insisting then on a cash deal.

Everton had no interest in buying the Argentine outright and pulled out of talks, leaving Rojo angry with his club for moving the goalposts and denying him a chance at first-team football this season, the chances of which were made significantly less like at Old Trafford following the signing of Harry Maguire from Leicester.

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