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.

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

Tottenham badly need reinforcements in midfield with James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski both sidelined long-term and Yves Bissouma also missing the Premier League opener. To make matters worse, their earlier pursuit of Morgan Gibbs-White fell through. No wonder supporters are frustrated.