Crystal Palace attacker Wilfried Zaha has spoken about his failed move to Arsenal in the summer.
Zaha was desperate to join the North London giants but Palace rejected a bid as it did not meet their valuation of £80m.
The Ivory Coast international was upset a deal failed to materialise but has vowed to give his full commitment to the Eagles.
“I had to put my head down and play my football,” Zaha told the BBC. “I would have been hindering my own progress by moaning and not wanting to perform properly.
“I have too much respect for my manager, the fans and my team-mates to treat them that way. It was a thing where ‘OK, this hasn’t happened but I’ve got to get on with it’.
“I’ve got to prove every time that I’m the top player I claim to be so I had to get over that quickly.
“Obviously my head was a bit all over the place at the beginning of the season but I had to nail down and just get on with it because the team deserved that.”
Zaha has yet to score this season but has played a major part in the team’s rise to sixth in the table.
“I’m seeing how it goes. I’m a Crystal Palace player and I’m just trying to perform to the best of my ability for my club,” he added. “I’m not thinking about anything else and just taking each day as it comes.
“The season’s gone well so far. We’ve got a lot more in us and I’m happy with the squad and everyone’s happy with where we are right now.
“All I can do is perform on the pitch. I’m trying to be a consistent performer on the pitch week in, week out.
“Last season I set myself a target of 10 goals and managed to get 10, so I was happy. Hopefully I can reach my goals again – that’s all that’s on my mind.”