Arsenal Look set to secure the services of Crystal Palace star Ebereechi Eze, after beating bitter rivals Tottenham to his signature, and boss Mikel Arteta has the perfect shirt number for the English star
Arsenal has arrived under the noses of Arch Rivals Tottenham to secure the signing of Ebereechi Eze. And Mikel Arteta can give the Crystal Palace star its Dream No.10 shirt in the emirates.
On Wednesday evening, the Gunners moved quickly and apparently successfully for the former Academy Star and Boyhood supporter Eze, who in principle set £ 68 million £ 68 million. Spurs Chief Daniel Levy had beaten a deal worth £ 50 million plus £ 10 million in add-ons, while Arsenal pays £ 60 million and £ 7.5 million in add-ons. The relationship of Steve Parish with Arsenal Executive Vice chairman Tim Lewis has brought the Gunners to the front of the queue in recent days and the English international chose Arsenal.
Eze wants to play a last time for Palace in their play-off from the conference against the Norwegian Outfit Fredrikstad on Thursday evening before he undergoes a medical with Arteta's side, but Oliver Glasner can be forced to remove him from the team to prevent the risk of risk. When he arrives in North Londs, Arsenal can hand him the perfect welcome gift in the form of his preference No. 10 shirt.
The 27-year-old attacker had long been courted by the Tottenham of Thomas Frank, and a deal that Eze would have shown that this movement probably looked. But an injury sustained by Kai Havertz of Arsenal, who now looks like a long enchantment on the sidelines, saw the Gunners enter the race for Eze, which was previously admired.
Eze and Palace were approached quickly, Arsenal said that they would now pay compensation that had been agreed almost two weeks earlier, and personal conditions were no problem. Now it is very likely that Eze will attract the No. 10 when he inevitably arrives at the Emirates, a song that he has worn with Queens Park Rangers since his time.
Eze began to wear no. 10 for the first time during the 2018/19 champion season of QPR. He first received the number 25 after making a relocation of £ 17 million to Palace in 2020, but after just a year after his term of office the number 10 became him.
The No.10 shirt from Arsenal is empty, after he was last worn by another English talent, Emile Smith Rowe. Before him, Mesut Ozil got the honor, and the will of Robin van Persie and Dennis Bergkamp also attracted the famous song.
Eze will become a member of new recruits Noni Madueke, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Crithian Mosquera, Martin Zubimendi, Christian Norgaard and striker Viktor Gyokores in North Londs, while the Gunners put their sights on the Premier League title.
Head coach Arteta thinks that this top campaign will be the most difficult thing they are dealing with. They played second violin in each of the last three terms.
“The competition in the competition is now like nothing we have seen before,” Arteta told Sky Sports. “We all know that to win the Premier League, you must be absolutely excellent. The level needed will be something that we have not experienced yet and we all want to win it.
“The level of managers, the consistency of the squadrons that have been together for years, the way in which they increased their potential in the squadrons, the concept between players, quality they have brought, certainly it will be the most difficult.
“We need more points, that is clear,” he continued, after thinking about the past three years of disappointment. “We have more points than any other team in the Premier League in the past three seasons and we have not won the Premier League.
“But that means we have done so many things well. We missed a few points in one of the seasons, and that is what we are going to try to get better.”