Arsenal has made their movement for Ebelechi Eze and the player wants to join them from Crystal Palace.
Interviews on the English international between the president of the palace, Steve Parish and a counterpart Daniel Levy, have taken place in recent days, but the interest of Arsenal has remained with the negotiations in progress between the clubs following the knee injury suffered by Kai Havertz.
Spurs had the conditions for an agreement agreed with Palace today and the player, but are ready to go to alternative targets if Eze chooses Arsenal.
Palace would not finalize an agreement because they wanted the 27 -year -old player to be available for Thursday’s conference league match with Fredrikstad.
Arsenal indicated a desire to fulfill the conditions and he wants to join them, leaving the Spurs with little option but to look elsewhere.
Athletics On Wednesday, said earlier that Arsenal actively explored the transfer market to potentially strengthen their attack in the event that Havertz is sidelined for an important period.
Eze, who was a fan of childhood arsenal and who played the club academy, wishes to make the next stage of his career and Palace accepts that he deserves a leading decision.
Eze finished last season with nine goals in his last 13 games for Palace, including the winner in the FA Cup final victory against Manchester City and a goal in the 2-2 draw in Arsenal.
Despite speculation about his future, Eze began for the team of Oliver Glasner in the victory of the Shield Community against Liverpool and the opening of Sunday’s Premier League against Chelsea.
Speaking after the draw in Chelsea, Glasner said: “You just talk about rumors. Ebelechi Eze, as much as I know, has a contract with Crystal Palace, he is a player of Crystal Palace. I know that the EBS clause has disappeared, this is the club’s decision and we will see what is happening.”
Arsenal has already added considerably the attack zones this summer with Viktor Gyokerres from the Sports CP in a movement of 63.5 million euros and not II Madueke joining London Rivals Chelsea for 48.5 million pounds sterling. Ethan Nwaneri also committed his future at the club with a new long -term contract.
Eze joined Palace since Queens Park Rangers in the summer of 2020 in an agreement worth around 17 million pounds sterling and made 169 appearances for the South London Club, marking 40 times. He was crowned 12 times by England, marking once.
Why the arsenal wants Eze
Analysis of the Arsenal James McNicholas correspondent
Arsenal is enormous admirers of the talent of Ebelechi Eze.
The club initially explored a decision for Eze when the contact negotiations with Ethan Nwaneri were at a delicate stadium. Once Nwaneri has concluded a new agreement, Arsenal’s interest has decreased and they focused on other regions of the team.
Throughout, Arsenal supported the concerns about the price: they hated the re -evaluation of a valuation of the palace in the region of 60 million pounds sterling.
Their urgent need to attack reinforcements, especially in the light of Kai Havertz’s injury, can change things. Arsenal is still waiting for Havertz’s full prognosis, but if it should be absent for a considerable period, this will weaken their attack.
Eze does not directly replace Havertz, but his signature would potentially be released from Mikel Merino and Leandro Trossard to be completed at the center-center until international Germany returns.
Aside from the obvious quality of Eze, there is an emotional component for arsenal fans: Eze is a fan of childhood arsenal who was part of the club academy. Add the prospect of beating the Spurs to its signature, and there is a lot to make Arsenal supporters are invested …
What he would bring to Arsenal
Analysis of Senior Data Writer Mark Carey
Mikel Arteta had to strengthen the left side of his attack this summer.
The production of Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Martinelli was in the good bucket of Bon-Pas last season, and it is clear that Arsenal needed players with the same ferocity attacker who comes from their right flank with Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard.
With Noni Madueke, the arrival of Eze provides an additional force on the left side of the terrain with a really versatile profile – working best like a n ° 10 but capable of playing on the left side of the attack on his team or fall into a left midfielder position if necessary. Whatever his role, he will seek to find the space to impose a maximum of damage to the opposition to the strongest efficiency.
In the modern game, those who can break a player of player player with a drop of the shoulder or a driving race forward have never been so precious – opening the opposition structure with a moment of individual quality that dominoes are starting to fall. Eze also has the ability to bring a pass forward when the spaces open before him, making him a double threat in the third striker.
The acquisition of an offensive midfielder for the creative profile of the 27 -year -old will be a crucial addition in the Arsenal attack, and could well make the difference between a good season and a good season.
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