Arsenal have agreed a fee of close to £68 million ($92m) with Crystal Palace for midfielder Eberechi Eze, sources have told ESPN.

Arsenal have made a dramatic move to hijack Tottenham Hotspur’s bid to sign Crystal Palace forward Eberechi Eze.

Spurs had the conditions of a deal agreed with Palace on Wednesday but are ready to move on to alternative targets.

ARSENAL have sensationally hijacked Tottenham’s £60million pursuit for Crystal Palace star Eberechi Eze. Playmaker Eze, 27, was expected to join Spurs after days of talks between chairman

The Gunners, who have been linked with Eze for most of the summer, are reportedly willing to allow Eze to play in that important match for Palace and have seemingly pulled ahead in the race to sign him as a result. Eze’s ties to Arsenal — he was a childhood supporter and spent time in the academy — probably doesn’t hurt, either.

The deal is worth in the region of the expired £68m release clause, matching level of fee Tottenham Hotspur were prepared to pay.

The English attacking midfielder becomes the standout signing for Mikel Arteta's team following Havertz's injury.

The reasons why Eberechi Eze has chosen to sign for Arsenal over Tottenham - some of which are obvious and others less so - have been revealed.

THE summer transfer window is heading towards a thrilling climax - and Arsenal's business is definitely far from over! The Gunners have agreed a deal worth around £68million for Crystal Palace midfielder Eberechi Eze. The England international is expected ...

Arsenal has just thrown a late punch in the works of one of the summer’s biggest transfer sagas by making a move for Crystal Palace's star Eberechi Eze.

The Crystal Palace ace dazzled in the Gunners’ academy as a kid, before leaving for Queens Park Rangers and eventually joining the Eagles in 2020. And if a transfer transpires, Eze will have five squad number options to pick from at Arsenal.