I never had an affair with Moyes' daughter - Zaha

Crystal Palace winger, Wilfred Zaha, has finally broken the silence on the relationship rumours with his former Manchester United boss, David Moyes' daughter.

Zaha endured a torrid time under Moyes at Old Trafford with the rumours his lack of first-team action was because he slept with, Lauren, his manager's daughter.

Zaha was limited to four appearances under Moyes before he was loaned to Cardiff City for the remainder of the 2013-14 season.

The 27-year-old Ivorian returned to Crystal Palace on an initial loan the following campaign, but he bemoaned the lack of help from Manchester United during the period when the rumours were circulating.

“No one at the club at all told me anything, I didn't know what to do whatsoever,” Zaha said in a chat with Rio Ferdinand.

“I remember tweeting something about it saying 'silly rumours' because it was getting too much, so I had to say something myself and then I remember the club media messaging me saying 'you shouldn't have done that, you shouldn't have done this' and I'm thinking 'you haven't helped me.'

“I'm here by myself, struggling because people are telling me I've slept with the manager's daughter and that's why you're not playing me.

“The funny thing is, it's carried on for so long I felt like, is the manager not going to come and have a word with me over this?

“That's how I felt and I'm thinking this is ridiculous man. Up to this day, I still get people that think that's true and I've never even met his daughter.”

Zaha who has contributed three goals and three assists for Crystal Palace in this campaign, explained how traumatic the experience was for him as a teenager.

“It was stressful. I'm 19, I'm living in Manchester and all of a sudden we come back from a tour and I'm not playing for no reason so obviously [people] are going to make up rumours," he continued.

“I'm in Manchester where I'm by myself, and I'm not playing on top of that, so it's stressful enough to have a rumour.

“People came out with it, I see it trending on Twitter, people came out with how can he play so well on tour then just be dashed out like that with nothing, no one telling us anything - he must have slept with the manager's daughter.

“And that started going and I'm 19, and my Twitter is blowing up. I've never had it before and my Twitter is blowing up and there's no one for me to speak to.”

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