Jean-Philippe Mateta has claimed 'everything is good' with Wilfried Zaha after peace talks between the two Crystal Palace legends. Furious Zaha took to social media last week to blast the striker for giving a 'nasty' and 'disgusting' interview where he claimed the Ivory Coast winger laughed at his dream of playing for France.

But speaking before Thursday's UEFA Conference League tie with AEK Larnaca, Mateta gave a short response to two questions on the feud. "I spoke with him," said the Olympic silver medallist. "Everything is good with him."

He added: "We talk in private and that is it."

When asked if Zaha had apologised to him, the Crystal Palace press officer then intervened in the pre-match press conference to state that the Frenchman did not want to answer any more questions on the row. Zaha, who left Palace in 2023, made headlines after filming a response to Mateta's interview.

Speaking to L'Equipe following his first senior call-up, and ahead of his maiden goal for France, the striker claimed: "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 team-mates like Wilfried Zaha who were laughing.

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"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 that I simply had to play to show what I could do."

In response, Zaha, who now plays for Major League Soccer side Charlotte, said: "My head's on fire. I have to clear up this Mateta situation because he doesn't want to.

"I spoke to him and he doesn't want to, he's okay with it. This just shows me, all the time I played for Crystal Palace, people watching me, it's clear that they weren't happy for me because I never made anyone feel like 's***'.

"I never… everyone knows me. The only time on the pitch is when I'm passionate and all that stuff. But I'd never bully someone or say someone won't make it here or won't make it at all or nothing like that. It's disgusting when I see someone that I thought was a friend do that.

"The conversation that was had was his chances of playing for France way back when he wasn't playing for Palace and there were 10 players that he had this conversation with. And as friends we laughed it off, but we were joking around. That it's going to be difficult, especially with [Karim] Benzema, all these different players playing in those positions.

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"But we never ever once said you're never going to make it. Wouldn't you be shocked if this person has made out that there's some sort of hate from me? Why would he say my name? When there was 10 people there. Is it because Zaha is the biggest name?

"I do not understand, it's disgusting. I've never hated on anyone. So now I'm getting messages, 'Oh you're not laughing now about Mateta'. I couldn't care less, well done to him.

"I even congratulated him publicly on his Instagram. So to hear that story come out, it's like what the f***? Did you dislike me the whole time?

"For you to come out with this, your come up story, I'm going to use Zaha as my come-up story. It's nasty, man. It is nasty. This is why I don't have football friends. This is why I keep myself to myself because how's he going to do that?"

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