Sky Sports pundit Graeme Souness has claimed Arsenal and Chelsea target Wilfred Zaha is now ready to play for the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid.

After a few years as a Manchester United winger, Zaha returned to Palace and reinvented his career to become one of the most exciting and attacking players in the Premier League.

That has led to much speculation that both Arsenal and Chelsea were interested in trying to take him away from Palace in a deal worth £50 million before the London based club stuck a massive price tag on the wingers head.

But after signing a new deal at Palace, Zaha has made a solid start to the season to the new Premier League season and is now good enough to play for Real Madrid and Barcelona.

“He is sensational,” Liverpool legend Souness said on the Daily Express website.

“I can see him playing for Real Madrid, that’s how good he is.

“I think there’s maybe a handful of players, even outside our own league, that have got his kind of ability.

“His change of direction, his balance he’s got is quite unique, and I think that’s why he gets fouled and should get more penalties than he does. I don’t see him as a diver.

“But I think he’s got quite a unique talent and with the utmost respect to Crystal Palace, maybe he has been scarred by the experience at Man United, but he’s ready for a big, big club. The biggest clubs.

“Again with the utmost respect to Palace, if he stays here throughout his career he will end up with no trophies, no medals and say ‘what if?’.

“I think he’s ready now to go, even if it means going outside to the big two in Spain, I think both of them would welcome him with open arms.”

Here is what we think.

Zaha ia arguably ine of the best windersd in the Premier League and brings so much more than excitement to the Palace side. So it was a massive surprise to see him sign a new five-year deal at the club as he is clearly ready for that next step.

And both Arsenal and Chelsea would be a great move for him, as they are both in need of an attacking, exciting and skilful winger.