Arsenal completed the signing of Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace for £67.5m, agreeing a four-year deal with the option of a fifth. The reported fee comprises £60m up front and £7.5m in bonuses, with QPR due 15% of Palace's profit on the transfer. Arsenal moved for Eze after Tottenham's interest and following Kai Havertz's knee injury. Eze will wear the No 10 shirt. He made 169 appearances and scored 40 goals for Palace, including the FA Cup final winner, and was released by Arsenal's academy at 13.
He is a powerful and exciting player who will give us a new dimension in our attacking game. What stands out just as much as his talent and intelligence as a player is the way he has worked hard throughout his career to get where he is today. His journey, his mentality and his ambition are exactly what we want in our team.
Arsenal, who confirmed the signing before Saturday's home match against Leeds, have paid 60m up front, with a further 7.5m in bonuses. Eze's previous club QPR, who he left for 19.5m in 2019, are due 15% of the profits Palace make on the deal. Eze will wear the No 10 shirt. His arrival at Arsenal bridges a gap of 14 years to when he was released by their academy at the age of 13.
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