This article was originally published on www.si.com as Mikel Arteta Reveals How Arsenal Beat Tottenham to Eberechi Eze Signing. Mikel Arteta confirmed reports that Eberechi Eze was the one who instigated his late transfer U-turn away from Tottenham Hotspur towards Arsenal with a phone call.

It felt for some time that Eberechi Eze would be a Tottenham player eventually, when suddenly Eze was signing for Spurs' biggest rival Arsenal. So how did it all go down?

Noni Madueke has welcomed any ‘competition’ he will face following Arsenal’s move for Eberechi Eze and heaped praise on ‘special player’ Max Dowman. The Gunners completed a £68m deal for Crystal Palace and England star Eze after hijacking Tottenham’s move.