Arsenal pulled off a big move late in the summer transfer window by signing England forward Eberechi Eze, who was a reported target of north London rival Tottenham.
Eze joined from Crystal Palace on Saturday for a reported initial fee of 60 million pounds ($80 million). That took Arsenal’s spending in this summer transfer window to around 250 million pounds ($335 million), second only to Liverpool across the whole of European soccer.
For the 27-year-old Eze, it marks a return to the club where he spent some years as a youth-team player being being released at the age of 13. He started his professional career at second-tier Queens Park Rangers before moving to Palace in 2020, where he became one of the most exciting attacking midfielders in the league and a regular in the England squad.
“His journey, his mentality, and his ambition are exactly what we want in our team, and we love how much it means to him and his family to be joining our club," Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said.
"We all look forward to start working with Eberechi soon.”
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Steve Douglas, The Associated Press
