Manchester United have announced the signing of Crystal Palace’s England international, Wilfried Zaha. Personal terms have been agreed between the club and the player and it is expected the deal will be formally completed early next week.

Zaha (20), will be loaned back to Crystal Palace for the remainder of this season and join Manchester United in July.
A statement on the official Manchester United website read: "The player is having a medical in Manchester today (Friday, January 25). There will be no further comment by any party until Wilfried joins United in July 2013."

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said: "We are signing a player of potential. We always feel we develop players well. We have proved that many times. We hope the boy enjoys coming here, when he comes in the summer."

Crystal Palace co-chairman Steve Parish said to the official Crystal Palace website, cpfc.co.uk : “I feel this is a great deal for the club and the player. We would like to thank Wilf for all he has done for the club and we all wish him well when he joins Manchester United in the summer.

“It was essential to Wilf and ourselves that he stayed at Palace for the remainder of this season to help the club with its main aim of promotion to the Premier League.”
 
Zaha said: “I am delighted to be joining Manchester United and ending the recent speculation. I would like to thank the owners at Palace for making the move possible, however my focus for the next five months will be solely at Crystal Palace. I have been at Palace for more than 10 years, I will always love the club and I want to help get them back to the Premier League, particularly for the fans who have always been so good to me.”