by The transfer of 60 million pounds from Ebelechi Eze de Crystal Palace to Arsenal to 60 million pounds to be confirmed this weekend, the AP news agency includes.
Eze is expected to become the seventh signature of Arsenal of the summer after having moved to the offer of Hijack Tottenham for the international in England.
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It is believed that the final touch to an agreement to sign the 27 -year -old, which catapults arsenal expenses at more than 250 million pounds sterling, are almost finished.
Eze played in the victory of Palace’s Community Shield and their first Premier League match in Chelsea (John Walton / PA)
The superb move from Eze to the Emirates accelerated this week following a knee injury suffered by Kai Havertz.
The German international 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. But the relevance of moving for Eze is evidence that Arsenal did not want to take risks as Mikel Arteta – supported by sports director Andrea Berta – offers to conduct the North Londoners in their first title of Premier League in 22 years.
Mikel Arteta targets the first title of Arsenal League in 22 years (Nick Potts / PA)
Eze is now ready to follow the striker Viktor Gyokerres (55 million pounds sterling), defender Crishian Mosquera (13 million pounds Sterling), midfielder Martin Zubimenddi (60 million pounds Sterling), goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga (5 million pounds Sterling), midfielder Christian Norgaard) and avant-garde emirates.
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Arteta will face the media on the club’s training field on Friday to preview the second game of his team’s campaign, at home against Leeds on Saturday evening.
Eze was excluded from the qualification of the Palace conference league against Norwegian holding Fredrikstad to Selhurst Park, which is the very first European equality of Eagles.
