Everton want to sign Wilfred Zaha before the summer transfer window closes (Picture: Getty)

Everton have offered Crystal Palace £65million plus Cenk Tosun and James McCarthy for wantaway forward Wilfried Zaha, reports say.

Zaha has made more than 300 appearances in two spells at Selhurst Park, developing into a fans’ favourite and one of the most highly-rated players in the Premier League.

The Ivory Coast international has pushed for a move away this summer, however, and initially dreamed of joining Palace’s London rivals Arsenal, who he supported as a child.

Arsenal baulked at Palace’s valuation of Zaha, however, and subsequently turned to Nicolas Pepe and completed a club-record deal for the fellow Ivorian.




Marco Silva has offered Cenk Tosun to Crystal Palace (Picture: Getty)

Chelsea have also been linked with Zaha but are unable to sign players during this window due to their transfer ban, leaving Everton leading the race to strike a deal.

Toffees boss Marco Silva is said to be desperate to see Zaha arrive through the doors at Goodison Park and has put pressure on Everton to secure his signature before the transfer window closes on Thursday.

According to The Sun, Everton have put together what they consider to be a £100m transfer package for Zaha involving a £65m fee and Cenk Tosun and James McCarthy as makeweights.

Zaha returned to training on Monday as Crystal Palace prepare to face Everton in their Premier League opener this weekend.

Speaking this week, Palace boss Roy Hodgson admitted he still wanted the club to bring in four new players before the window shuts.

‘We wanted four and then we sold [Aaron] Wan-Bissaka, so that meant five really and that’s not counting the goalkeeper,’ he said.

‘At the moment we have got one of that five so there is still plenty of spaces in the number that we identified as being important for us to have in order to get the full squad, so there is still work to be done.’

Crystal Palace won 14 of their 38 Premier League matches last season to finish 12th on 49 points.

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