Overview

• Eze joins from Crystal Palace for a reported £60m plus £7.5m in add-ons, signing a four-year contract with an option of a fifth and taking the No.10 shirt.
• After a Friday medical, he was confirmed and presented to fans before the Leeds match but missed the registration cutoff; his debut is expected at Liverpool next week.
• The move is Arsenal’s seventh of the summer, lifting their close-season spend to roughly £260–267m across seven senior arrivals.
• Arsenal moved late to beat Tottenham to the deal after Spurs had advanced talks with Palace and the player, with the Gunners stepping in this week to finalize terms.
• Mikel Arteta praised Eze’s talent, mentality and ability to add a new attacking dimension, and the transfer marks a homecoming for a boyhood Arsenal fan released by the club at 13.