Ebereechi Eze was expected to become a member
Ebereechi Eze admitted that it was always a dream to play for Arsenal after moving to Tottenham in favor of a switch of £ 67.5 million to the Emirates Stadium. The former midfielder of Crystal Palace was presented to the Emirates MEFTE in the minutes before Arsenal's 5-0 scripture of Leeds who fired the Gunners at an early view of the Premier League summit.
Tottenham was set up to conquer Eze after they reached an agreement with Crystal Palace on Wednesday, until the side of Mikel Arteta entered to hijack the transfer. A departure this summer was always a possibility, since the former intern Arsenal had entered into the last two years of his deal in Selhurst Park and Tottenham first moved earlier this month.
Eze played four times in the Emirates during his enchantment with Palace and he admitted that it was always a dream to play in the Gunners shirt. “I thought about coming back from the moment I understood other clubs and what it meant to become a professional,” he revealed to Ian Wright. “I always thought:” Arsenal is where it is, that's what I want to achieve, what I want to achieve. “
“I have been to the test for four years, when I am honest. Every time I came to Arsenal, I looked at the chair I used to sit on when I came to games with my brothers, and I said every time:” This is it – it's time, this is a chance. “I am not going to say that I knew it would happen, but that is the feeling.
“As a player I have a level of belief in myself. I played how I played, I developed this and that, and I had the heart that if it is meant, it will happen, and I believe it will do it. But if I don't, I am in peace because I know that I give everything now and to be in this position and in this position, there is a little in this position.”
The Gunners brought Buren Tottenham to land Eze after Kai Havertz hurt her knee last weekend that could keep him aside for three months. Before that blow, Arsenal, who had already spent more than £ 200 million in the transfer window, had cooled their interest in Eze.
That meant that Spurs was sure that they will close a deal for him earlier this week before Arsenal Transfer Andrea Berta housed the interest of his team and pulled the carpet under the feet of their greatest rivals.
Spurs boss Thomas Frank, who saw his team win in Manchester City on Saturday in Manchester City, openly spoke on Friday about only players who want to sign desperately who are desperate to represent the club. He would like to add another creative midfielder to his team because of injuries to James Maddison, who is probably out for the season, and Dejan Kulusevski.
“There have been many left, there will be a lot of links in the future and just to generalize that, to make it very, very clear, I don't want players who don't want to come to the club,” Frank said, making a thin -veiled count on Eze.
“Who don't want to come to the club and want to wear this fantastic badge – we don't want them here. I think that is very clear.
“Pretty sure that the fans will feel the same if they don't want to put the fantastic shirt above their heads. Play for the badge, play for the club. Really enjoy it. No problem, then we are not there. I think that is an important message.
“Of course we have to do everything we can to ensure that we are as competitive as possible. Kulusevski, he will come back in this season. I think that is a big thing. It is probably long -term with Maddison, but I am also pretty sure that we will sign a player for the end of the window.”