Arsenal’s summer signing Eberechi Eze has revealed that he was “willing” to join Tottenham Hotspur only to be swayed by a late bid from the Gunners.

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EBERECHI EZE will have to send a message to his old team-mates on the pitch… after being kicked out of the Crystal Palace WhatsApp group chat. The attacker, 27, joined Arsenal in a £68million deal

The Gunners’ summer signing proved the difference as Mikel Arteta’s side extended their lead at the top of the table.

Two of the new faces at Arsenal are Eberechi Eze and Viktor Gyokeres, who arrived for a combined fee of well over £100million in the summer. Saka says Eze has “fitted in like a glove” and he believes Gyokeres will start to fire as the striker gets used to his team-mates.

Arsenal attacker Eberechi Eze has revealed that he was “prepared” to join Tottenham before the Gunners jumped in to buy him over the summer. The Gunners signed Eze from Crystal Palace in the summer transfer window in a deal worth £60m and an additional £7.5m in add-ons.