“It’s disgusting”: Wilfried Zaha responds to Mateta (video)
In an interview, Mateta claimed that some players in the locker room, including Wilfried Zaha, mocked him when he talked about his dream of playing for the French national team. The Ivorian international called this accusation “false,” “bad,” and “disgusting.”
Wilfried Zaha responded sharply to the recent comments made by Jean-Philippe Mateta, his former Crystal Palace teammate:
I have never put anyone down. Yes, I may have joked around, but I never said he wouldn’t make it. It’s disgusting to see someone I considered a friend say this.
Wilfried Zaha has responded after Jean-Philippe Mateta called his former Crystal Palace team-mate out for laughing at his dreams of playing for France.#BBCFootballpic.twitter.com/7Q5dXHFvOR
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The Ivorian player, visibly affected, continued:
Why mention my name when there were ten of us in the locker room? Just because I’m the most well-known? It’s shameful. That’s why I don’t have any footballer friends anymore, I hide myself now.
A powerful statement that reignites the tension between the two former Crystal Palace teammates.
๐ฃ๏ธ WILFRIED ZAHA ๐จ๐ฎ : ยซ ๐โ๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฬง๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฆ ๐โ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ง๐๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆโฆ ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ก๐ง ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ฃ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ. ยป ๐ค
Dans une longue vidรฉo, lโIvoirien explique ne pas comprendre pourquoi JP. Mateta ๐ซ๐ท le fait passer pour “un hater”โฆ https://t.co/QCA8DvxFULpic.twitter.com/Ym8t6reo6a
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