Spurs have missed out on the Crystal Palace midfielder, who is joining Arsenal instead. But it may not be quite as simple as

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.

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.