Arsenal have agreed a £67.5m deal to sign Eberechi Eze after hijacking Tottenham Hotspur's move for the Crystal Palace forward. The Gunners will pay a guaranteed £60m plus £7.5m in add-ons for the forward, with personal terms now close to being totally ...

Exactly three months ago, Tottenham Hotspur won their first piece of silverware in 17 years. Beating Manchester United in the Europa League final, securing qualification for this season’s Champions League in the process, was supposed to transform the mood around the club and, for a brief time, it did.

Wednesday evening, all hell broke loose in Tottenham Hotspur’s pursuit of Crystal Palace attacking midfielder Eberechi Eze. Reports over the past several days had said that negotiations between the two clubs were progressing and that an agreement for the 27-year-old England international was almost guaranteed.

Eberechi Eze set for Arsenal medical after Crystal Palace goodbyes - A stunning transfer hijacking sees Eagles star snub Tottenham in favour of his boyhood club

Wright, as Eze hopes to imminently do, trod the now legendary path from south London to Arsenal. He has London spirit. London energy. London style. His personality, as well as his ability, is a big part of the attraction, and the connections he already shares with England team-mates at Arsenal ensure he would be welcomed with open arms.

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 space already features tributes to several Gunners icons, and now Eze has been added to its walls. The mural depicts the 27-year-old midfielder in an Arsenal shirt, captured mid-celebration with his trademark cross-arm pose. Eze had been strongly ...

TOTTENHAM have reportedly launched a club-record bid for Savinho just hours after Arsenal hijacked their move for Eberechi Eze. The Crystal Palace star looked set to join Spurs in a £65million

Arsenal have hijacked Tottenham's move for Crystal Palace star Eberechi Eze, with the England international now set for a switch to the Emirates Stadium.

For Tottenham, news that Eberechi Eze is on the brink of joining Arsenal will be a major blow. New boss Thomas Frank had targeted Eze after losing James Maddison to injury and the club had been confident of completing a deal.