Arsenal arrived at the eleventh hour to close a deal for Ebereechi, and Tottenham put his signature after they had agreed the framework of a deal with Crystal Palace
Arsenal was able to dive into the eleventh hour to close a deal for Ebereechi Eze – which looked destined for a move to Tottenham before their efforts helped their rivals.
The wing player of Crystal Palace was tipped to leave Selhurst Park this summer and those on the white side of North Londs were in pole position before a late call from Arsenal Eze's travel direction changed.
Those at the Emirates knew they had an emotional attraction. The English international is an Arsenal fan of the boy and they could use the framework that was negotiated by Tottenham to dive into and offer the necessary compensation, reports The Times.
Tottenham had fully agreed personal conditions with the 27-year-old and concluded an agreement with Palace on Wednesday morning. The deal was not completed because Oliver Glasner claimed that he wanted Eze to play on Thursday evening in the first stage of their Conference League qualifying match against Fredrikstad – although that situation never came true.
On Wednesday afternoon, the executive vice-chairman of Arsenal, Tim Lewis, called the Palace chairman, Steve Parish, who set the wheels in motion for the Gunners to finally win the race.
Kai Havertz's knee injury turned out to be a crucial moment, because it ignores Arsenal's wish to add an attacking option. Despite the landing of Noni Madueke and Viktor Gyokeres Mikel Arteta still wanted to bring in even more firepower and had a long -term interest in Eze.
His decision to go to the Emirates in a deal with a value of £ 67.5 million is another blow to the summer recruitment of Tottenham under Thomas Frank, who has just taken the lead at the club. They signed Mohamed Kudus from West Ham, but have since continued to miss the most important names they have chosen to pursue.
They were on for Morgan Gibbs-White from Nottingham Forest, who enjoyed a striking campaign in the previous term. Tottenham met the player's release clause, but the winger then chose to give a new deal to the city, so that Frank and Co would look somewhere on the market.
James Maddison sustained an ACL injury at the beginning of August, which made him effectively excluded for the season, which promoted Tottenham's need to bring in more attacking flair.