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 agreed.
Eze’s release clause, worth £60m plus £8m in add-ons, expired before the Premier League season started.
Sky Sports News understands that he is still expected to be in the squad for Crystal Palace’s Conference League game on Thursday and wants to say his goodbyes to the fans.
Eze’s Arsenal medical could take place as soon as Friday.
Spurs felt they had an agreement in place with Palace and Eze on Wednesday before their north London rivals reignited their interest and swooped in following an injury to Kai Havertz.
Eze was one of a number of players Arsenal looked into in the first few weeks of the window, where, significantly, a lot of the work was carried out in June when they explored the conditions of a deal. Since then, their focus has been on other positions and player departures.
Spurs were considering offering Richarlison in a deal for Eze. That would have freed up striker space for them to try and sign Yoane Wissa, who played under Thomas Frank at Brentford. Wissa still wants to join Newcastle, who had a second bid rejected on Wednesday.
The 27-year-old, who started in Palace’s draw at Chelsea on Sunday, has two years left on his contract at Selhurst Park.
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