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.
It had been claimed that Spurs were in a “one-horse race” for Eze just four days before he was unveiled to an adoring Arsenal public at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Tottenham had supposedly agreed a fee which suited Crystal Palace only to be usurped by their fierce north London rivals.
