Wilfried Zaha has hit back at his former teammate Jean-Philippe Mateta after the Crystal Palace striker claimed the Charlotte FC forward laughed at his international ambitions.

Mateta, who recently scored on his first international start for France , said that Zaha was one of a number of Palace players who scoffed at the newly-minted international when, early on in his Palace career, he outlined a desire to play for his country.

"At Crystal Palace, right at the start, when I wasn't even playing, I spoke about the France team in the dressing room and I had teammates like Wilfried Zaha who were laughing," Mateta told l'Équipe.

"They said that I was mad to think about the France team when I wasn't even playing at Crystal Palace, but I responded saying that it was my objective and

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