Arsenal has officially reached an agreement to recruit talented midfielder Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace, closing the tense race with Tottenham Hotspur. According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, the Gunners completed the agreement with a fee of about 60 million pounds.
Eze is 27 years old, is one of the outstanding players of Crystal Palace last season. He scored 11 goals and contributed 8 assists in the Premier League, and was the only scorer in the FA Cup final with Man City, the match to bring the first major domestic title to the eagle.
The player born in 1998 continued with Crystal Palace to defeat Liverpool in the 2025 Super Cup match. Eberechi Eze was a versatile attacker, he could play well or winger, with recent outstanding performances he was pursued by many teams.
According to information from Sky Sports, Arsenal is rushing to complete the deal after Eze became the pursuit of Spurs. Although Tottenham once believed that they had reached an agreement with Crystal Palace and Eze, this player prioritized Arsenal and Spurs had to withdraw to pursue other goals.
As for the host club Palace, they also accepted to lose their important stars while pursuing Wolves Hwang Hee-Chan, Leicester's Bilal Elouss Khannous and Christos Tzolis of Club Brugge.
Source from Arseblog (Arsenal News Site) also confirmed that Crystal Palace and Arsenal have reached an agreement on the Eze deal, and confirmed that the player really wanted to move to the Emirates. In addition, on the Reddit forum, many Spurs fans were disappointed when Arsenal surpassed the deal.
The recruitment of Eze is rated as Arsenal's wise step, especially in the context of Kai Havertz's injury, making Mikel Arteta need to increase the creativity for the attack. Having Eze is not only a quality addition but also a great mental push for the Gunners in the new season.
With the rising form and the versatility in the game, Eze promises to be a remarkable contract, contributing to strengthening the strength of Arsenal in the upcoming journeys.