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Sam Allardyce rubbishes reports of Tottenham's interest in Wilfried Zaha

Crystal Palace manager Sam Allardyce has dismissed reports of Wilfried Zaha being a summer transfer target for Tottenham, and has called for his "genius" winger to be given greater protection by referees.

The 24-year-old was again Palace's finest player in Saturday's 1-0 victory over Watford, when he regularly stretched the visitors' defence and won the free-kick which led to Troy Deeney's own goal.

The victory was their third from three -- they had most recently won 2-0 at West Brom when Zaha also scored -- and has come at a time when the winger is again being linked with Spurs.