'How did Arsenal succeed in Eberechi Eze hi-jacking?'
Speculation and analysis are pouring in over the background as the breaking news spread that Eberechi Eze will move to Arsenal in the North London rival rather than Tottenham, where rumors of a transfer were rampant.
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The British Daily Mail reported on the 21st (Korea time) that `Analen's key duo persuaded Arsenal to go to Arsenal last month when they met Eze, and this was the incident that hindered Tottenham's transfer.' Arsenal's key duo, who met Eze and persuaded him, are Mikel Arteta and Andrea Berta, sports director. They met Eze in person last month and persuaded him to transfer, but the offer did not work out at the time.
Since then, manager Thomas Frank's Tottenham have strongly wanted Eze, and the 10-day negotiations seemed to go smoothly. Tottenham, which is known to have offered 55 million pounds (about 103.4 billion won) including additional options, accepted the terms of the Crystal Palace club's contract, and Eze was also positive about going to Tottenham and agreed on personal terms, and the prospect of an imminent contract was dominant. The Daily Mail also reported on the morning of the 20th that Tottenham and Eze's contract was imminent. However, everything changed later in the day when Arsenal went to the transfer war 'Totally.
In the case of Arsenal, they were active in recruiting Eze at the beginning of the transfer market, and Eze also preferred to go to Arsenal as a former youth academy, but interest in Eze waned after recruiting Victor Jockeres for 63 million pounds (about 118.4 billion won). He was more interested in recruiting left-handed strikers, not No. 10, and organizing the team was the priority. However, Kai Havertz injured his knee in the first match against Manchester United of the season, changing the atmosphere. As long-term absences became inevitable, the recruitment of substitutes became urgent, and Bertha, the sports director, joined the recruitment campaign again. The Daily Mail said the 'principled agreement between Arsenal and Crystal Palace has been finalized. Arsenal signed a deal worth about £60 million (about KRW 112.8 billion) that hindered Tottenham's attempt to recruit Eberechi Eze. It was also revealed that Eze decided to join Arsenal as a youth player after a meeting with Arsenal key figures last month. This means that the transfer was not made at the time of the first meeting, but in the end, candid meetings with coaches and sports directors played a role of a 'trigger' to decide to go to Arsenal in the fierce transfer market.
Tottenham also actively sought to recruit Eze as James Maddison was forced to sit out for a long time due to a serious knee injury, and it is said that they have proposed to include even the "opening hero" Hisalisson in the deal for progress in negotiations as the flow of Palace's move to find a replacement amid the rapid pace of negotiations.
Despite the all-out war, Eze was hijacked by the North London rival. Tottenham fans are expected to be dissatisfied with another failed negotiation following the failure to sign Morgan Gibbs-White. The summer transfer market, where Captain Son Heung-min left, was full of rumors, but the results are not good. Mohamed Kudus, Matisse Tel and Takai Gota are all recruits. It is not expected that it will be easy to recruit additional players. Tottenham are still interested in Manchester City winger Savigno and Brentford Yoan Wissa, but both clubs are reluctant to sell at the start of the season.
Meanwhile, Eze is committed to training with his Crystal Palace teammates even though Arsenal are likely to be transferred. `Riverpool's Target'Mark Gehich is also with him. He is also expected to play in the first round of the European Conference League playoffs against Norway's Fredrikstad at 4 a.m. on the 22nd. There is a high possibility that it will be a farewell exhibition. Crystal Palace coach Oliver Glasner said "They're going to play an important role for our team while they're here.'
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
