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Ambrose & Zaha share excellent story about Dougie Freedman

Wilfried Zaha recently returned to where it all began in south London, to the Premier League Kicks centre in Croydon that he used to attend as a fresh-faced youngster who had dreams of becoming a Premier League footballer.

After signing autographs, taking photos and offering advice to the latest crop of young south Londoners hoping to follow in similar footsteps to Zaha, the Palace winger caught up with former teammate, Darren Ambrose, and looked back at their time together.

The pair went through alot as Eagles, and both were full of praise for former manager, and current Sporting Director, Dougie Freedman, with Zaha sharing a couple of amusing anecdotes:

“With him [Freedman] being a striker, he helped me massively with the runs I had to make and practising on my left foot, right foot.