Overview

• Arsenal’s £67.5m signing from Crystal Palace impressed as a substitute at Liverpool, intensifying calls for his inclusion after the international break.
• Jermaine Pennant questioned the decision not to start Eze at Anfield and urged Mikel Arteta to pick him against Nottingham Forest.
• Troy Deeney warned that Eze could find regular starts difficult under Arteta’s reputedly rigid approach, even as other pundits have praised the signing.
• An England training video showed Eze and fellow new arrival Noni Madueke joking together, suggesting quick off‑field chemistry.
• With Bukayo Saka recovering from a hamstring issue, one report suggests Madueke could start on the right, with Eze in contention on the left after Gabriel Martinelli’s struggles at Liverpool.