English Premier League soccer leaders Manchester United agreed on a fee to buy exciting young forward Wilfried Zaha from Championship club Crystal Palace.
The Ivory Coast-born 20-year-old, who left West Africa as a four-year-old, will be immediately loaned back to Crystal Palace for the remainder of this season.
Palace said they expected the deal to be concluded early next week and that Zaha had agreed on personal terms with the 19-times English champions.
“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,” Palace co-chairman Steve Parish said on his club’s website.
“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.”
United, who confirmed the deal on their website said the player was having a medical in Manchester on Friday but that there would be no further comment until he joined the club in July.