Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha said he did not enjoy his time at Manchester United, admitting he felt depressed at times.
Zaha re-joined Palace on a permanent basis in February following a forgettable spell at Old Trafford, making only four appearances without starting a Premier League match.
The 22-year-old, who was signed by Alex Ferguson in a deal worth £15million in 2013, was plagued by rumours about David Moyes daughter and his application in training.
At times I was depressed. I felt a lot of things. When I don t play well nobody needs to say anything to me, Zaha said.
I beat myself up. It stresses me out if I mess it up.
He added: I played in all the pre-season games and then in the Wigan game I never played my best.
I played for England and then zero games. Then the rumours started basically because he just stopped playing me with no actual reason that I knew.
It was either: I slept with David Moyes daughter or I have got a bad attitude. Those are the two rumours that stuck with me until I left Man United. I have had no say since then.
I never even met her [Moyes daughter]. But as soon as anybody sees me now, people think: Wilfried Zaha, bad attitude. I just don t understand why. I went through that every single day.
Getting constant tweets, people outside making jokes. I just had to take that on knowing that I wasn’t going to play for United either. I lived up there by myself as well so there was not really anybody to speak to.
