Alex Iwobi has detailed the conversations that sealed his dramatic transfer deadline day move to Everton in 2019.
Having emigrated from Nigeria to London aged four, Iwobi spent 15 years at Arsenal, joining the Gunners as a schoolboy in 2004 and making 149 senior appearances, scoring 15 goals. The midfielder was away on a family holiday in Dubai when he made his switch to Everton for an initial £28million fee which could rise to £34million with potential add-ons.
Recalling how the deal came about, Iwobi, who has subsequently turned out 131 times for the Blues, netting on eight occasions, told Ian Wright on Behind the Game: “So it got to deadline day, I’m on a yacht with my family. Minimal signal, I don’t know how but all of a sudden, I’ve got signal.
