by Ebelechi Eze will finish his move of 60 million pounds Sterling in Arsenal in the next 24 hours, after being denied goodbye to Crystal Palace.
Eze is expected to undergo a medical with Arsenal on Friday, but it will not be recorded in time for Arsenal’s home match against Leeds United this weekend.
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Arsenal moved to divert the bitter rivals from the pursuit of Tottenham from the international in England on Wednesday, granting an agreement which could finally be worth around 67 million pounds sterling if certain payments are triggered.
It is understood that Arsenal’s interest in the attacker withdrew until the beginning of the summer, with the newly appointed sports director Andrea Berta at the forefront of negotiations.
After talks between Palace and Arsenal on Thursday, it was mutually agreed thatbe would not play in the eliminations of the UEFA conference league against Fredrikstad.
However, the manager of the palace, Oliver Glasner, could not hide his exasperation when he was interviewed on television before the match. “I expected it to start today for us, but he called me this morning and said he didn’t feel good to play the game,” Glasner told Channel 5. “I have to accept it and all that you will have to ask the president.
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“If a player tells me that he is not ready to play, we have to accept it. I called the player who starts in the place but it is ready, it is my responsibility to prepare the players who play for us in the best way.
Fans of Crystal Palace said goodbye to Eze in Arsenal Thursday evening – Reuters / David Klein
“It was therefore a fairly busy day. This is not what you want to do, to change the day of the day of the day, especially in this situation the first time in European football for Crystal Palace, but we have to approach the game in the best way.”
The move of Eze through London ends a five -year association with Palace after joining the Rangers of Queens Park for 19.5 million pounds Sterling in 2020. The Eze agreement accelerated this week after a knee injury suffered by Kai Havertz, international.
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Havertz came as a second half substitute in the 1-0 victory from Arsenal to Manchester United, and finished the match, but he did not participate in the club’s open training session at the Emirates on Wednesday.
We do not know how long Havertz, who is always assessed, will be confronted with the touch. Arteta will face the media on the club’s training field on Friday to preview the second game of his team’s campaign.
Eze is about to become the seventh signature of Arsenal of the summer and joins Viktor Gyokerres (55 million pounds Sterling), defender Cristhian Mosquera (13 million pounds sterling), midfielder MartÃn Zubimenddi (60 million pounds Sterling (48.5 million pounds sterling).
It was a record transfer window for the Premier League with the purchase of 18 million pounds sterling from Leeds of the AC Milan striker, Noah Akafor, to take expenses by high -level English clubs this summer at 2.37 billion unprecedented sterling pounds.
