Eberechi Eze was expected to join Tottenham but north London rivals Arsenal stepped in to land the midfielder from Crystal Palace, with the £67.5million move now confirmed

This article was originally published on www.si.com as Mikel Arteta Reveals How Arsenal Beat Tottenham to Eberechi Eze Signing. Mikel Arteta confirmed reports that Eberechi Eze was the one who instigated his late transfer U-turn away from Tottenham Hotspur towards Arsenal with a phone call.

Eze has undergone a medical with Arsenal and an official announcement of a £67.5million deal is expected imminently. Meanwhile, Arsenal fan ‘North Bansky’ celebrated the deal by stencilling an image of Eze on a tunnel outside the Emirates Stadium. The mural showed Eze in an Arsenal shirt doing his trademark celebration.