Arsenal Transfer News: Wenger To Battle Spurs For Zaha

the Metro, Arsenal are ready to lock horns with North London rivals Tottenham over the potential signing of Crystal Palace's highly-rated attacker Wilfried Zaha, who the report states is valued at £10million. The report states that Arsene Wenger's Gunners have identified the 19-year-old, as a replacement for England winger Theo Walcott if the former Southampton man allows his contract to run down and leaves for nothing at the end of this season. Thanks to interest from Spurs, Arsenal will have to make any move for the Palace youngster before the summer, as Andre Villas-Boas is also said to be a fan of Zaha and according to Metro was apparently impressed with the youngster's performance for England Under-21s against Serbia on Friday, which they won 1-0. Tottenham have money available for the January transfer window, an are interested in the Palace winger, who has already attracted £3m bids from both Wigan and Bolton, according to the Mirror, who have the player's current value to Spurs as high as £8m. The same paper carried a quote from Crystal Palace boss Dougie Freedman earlier in the week, in response to reported interest from Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City, suggesting his value was higher than that to his current club:

"I know he is worth more than £11m. You're getting him cheap if you get him for that. Wilfried has dedicated himself to the game and is heading in the right direction. We give young players the chance to play and that's what he is doing now. It's a matter of time until he plays in the Premier League and let's hope that is with Crystal Palace. As we speak right now he's on a long contract and he's very happy."

The Metro suggest that Palace rate Zaha as highly as they did Victor Moses, who left Selhurst Park for Wigan in a cut-price deal in 2010 and went on to join Chelsea this summer in a £9million transfer. What do you think Arsenal fans? Would you like to see Zaha brought in to the Emirates? Share your thoughts below.