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Graeme Souness comments on reported Newcastle United target Wilfried Zaha

Graeme Souness has raved about Crystal Palace winger and reported Newcastle United target Wilfried Zaha in The Times.

The former Newcastle manager believes that the ex-Manchester United player can do more damage with better supply.

According to The Sun, the Magpies are interested in signing the Ivory Coast international from Palace in the summer transfer window.

The report in the British tabloid claimed that Newcastle’s prospective new owners, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, will have to pay in excess of £60 million in transfer fees for the 27-year-old winger.

Souness wrote about Zaha in The Times: “The same applies to him as McNeil at Burnley: with better supply he could do more damage.