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Published 12:36 12 Jan 2017 GMT
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"I remember sending Joe Jordan to watch him on a couple of occasions. He came back and said: 'Yannick Bolasie is better than him!' Bolasie ended up going to Everton for big money and Zaha has ended up being a big disappointment. "People talk about him being an England player but he hasn’t shown that level yet. Benteke is a dream for a winger. You haven’t even got to beat the full-back if you can cross a ball.
"Zaha and Andros Townsend should be working on crossing balls with height and pace, not driving them low, so Benteke can arrive over the centre-half. He’ll score plenty of goals that way because of his power. But Zaha’s delivery hasn’t been good enough. He’s got to do a lot more if he’s going to be a top player."Yes, that's the same Wilfried Zaha who was named Crystal Palace's Player of the Year last season, and has four goals and six assists to his name in the current campaign. Yannick Bolasie, who left Palace over the summer and who Redknapp claims was considered the better of the two wingers by Joe Jordan, has one goal and four assists in five fewer games than his former colleague.
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