Wilfried Zaha is staying at Crystal Palace, manager Roy Hodgson has confirmed.
Zaha signed a new five-year contract at Selhurst Park in August 2018 but was heavily linked with Arsenal and Everton and handed in a transfer request this week.
However, Hodgson insists Palace s business for this window is finished and that means keeping hold of the club s star attacking asset.
The former England manager acknowledged Zaha s desire to leave and confirmed he sent the player home from training on Thursday.
However, he does not expect any lingering problems with the winger heading into a Premier League season where Palace are many people s tip for relegation
Yes, he s staying, we are pleased about that. He s an important player for the club, Hodgson told Sky Sports News.
We re looking forward to him doing this season what he s done for the last two seasons.
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He wasn t really in the right frame of mind today, so I sent him home today which is understandable.
It s been well documented that he s wanted to leave but it has not worked out for him in that respect.
He s a professional and has got a good contract with us. He s very much a player we respect and I believe he respects us.
We expect him to come back and do what he does and we re looking forward to a season with him again. Everyone here has a good relationship with him. There s not a problem with that.
His beef is with the chairman and owners of the club because he s wanted to leave and they haven t received the offer that they think is sufficient to allow him to leave.
He has to come to terms with that, when you sign long-term contracts you are expected to honour them and we expect him to do that.
I don t have any issues with him. Today wasn t the right day so I m looking forward to seeing him tomorrow and hopefully he ll have come to terms with the fact he s got another season with Crystal Palace.
Palace lost right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka to Manchester United earlier in the transfer window but wrapped up their business by bringing in midfielder James McCarthy from Everton.
It s good to have it done so we re not sweating on any last-minute things, Hodgson added.
