The player admitted that he turned down Palace’s offer of a pay rise because he wanted to get out of south London.
But Hodgson has shown that age doesn’t always hold you back, and in the end, experience does. Selhurst Park is full of exciting young players, and it’s not unreasonable to believe they could come close to replicating the success of the early 90s team when the likes of Ian Wright and Mark Bright were at their peak. Zaha decided he didn’t want to stay in south London, a decision that he may regret, while Vicente guaita was one of many to leave Selhurst Park in recent years.
They both turned down pay increases to stay with the club, and while Zaha is said to have taken his time to make up his mind, Guaita was eager to move on. “Crystal Palace offered me an extension of my contract and I could have made more money, but we wanted to go back to Spain, be closer to family and feel the warmth of people, because other countries have different ways of doing things,” he said, according to Plaza Deportiva.
There were a lot of things going on at the club that I didn’t understand and it was best to get rid of them,” said Atlantico. With Guaita causing such a stir at Palace, it was inevitable that the club would get rid of him. With the team’s current level of team spirit, the last thing Hodgson needed was for someone to speak out and upset the balance of the dressing room.
