On August 18, Spurs chairman Daniel Levy held face-to-face talks with his Palace counterpart, Steve Parish. They agreed on the broad outline of a deal for £50million with a further £10m in add-ons.

Eberechi Eze then took his seat to watch his new teammates hammer Leeds, and his response to the third goal – scored by Viktor Gyokeres – was particularly telling.

Arsenal pounced to beat north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur to a deal on Wednesday, matching the Spurs offer and persuading Eze to join them instead. Spurs hadn’t finalised their agreement due to Palace wanting Eze to play the first leg of a Conference League play-off, which he subsequently didn’t feature in anyway.

Arsenal pulled off a big move late in the summer transfer window by signing England forward Eberechi Eze, who was a reported target of north London rival Tottenham.

Por STEVE DOUGLASArsenal realizó un movimiento importante para terminar el mercado de traspasos del verano fichando al delantero inglés Eberechi Eze, quien, según se informó,