Arsenal Beat Spurs to Sign Eberechi Eze in £68m Transfer Coup

Arsenal have officially signed midfielder Eberechi Eze coming back to the club where he was a youth player.

Leaving aside his possible role as a winger, Eze expands Arsenal attack as the club prepares to make a title challenge and comes at a time when there was huge interest between him and northern rivals Tottenham Hotspur.

Although the financial terms were not disclosed, British press put the cost of the deal at about 68 million ($91.95 million) to Arsenal. Eze will have the No10 jumper at the Emirates.

Manager Mikel Arteta termed the signing a fantastic lift. We are very pleased to welcome Eberechi to the club. He is an energetic and explosive peformer who adds a different dimension to attack. Why I am impressed with him is not only his talent, but also the effort he placed to be here.

Arsenal has been speedy in concluding the deal of Eze following the injury of Kai Havertz, who had to go under the knife due to a knee injury, where he surpassed Spurs. His signing leaves Arsenal with summer outlay well over 260 million in the signings of Viktor Gyokeres, Martin Zubimendi, Christian Norgaard, Cristhian Mosquera, Noni Madueke, and Kepa Arrizabalaga.

Eze ended 2024-25 as Crystal Palace player of the year with 14 goals and 11 assists in 20 games. He made a leading appearance in Palace final triumph in the world most rewarding cope in which he scored goals in the quarter-final, semi-final, and was the hero in the final against Manchester City that earned the club its first serious league trophy and passport to Europe.

He has had resilience in becoming the best. He made his senior debut at QPR then scored 20 goals in the Championship to be sold to Palace in 2020 at a value of around 20 million. Nevertheless, he always dreamed of Arsenal His experience in being released by the club at age 13 by the club academy left him in tears as Eze once explained.

The same thing has become circular. Arsenal have taken a look at their new No. 10 new playmaker on Thursday evening at Emirates before their first home game in the season against Leeds United on Saturday.