Who is Eberechi Eze and why did Arsenal pay £67.5m?

International media reported on Thursday that Arsenal had agreed to pay £67.5m ($91m) for Eberechi Eze after stealing Tottenham Hotspur’s approach for Crystal Palace midfielder.

The Spurs were sure enough on Wednesday to close the deal after they reached an agreement with Palace and personal terms with Eze.

It has been reported that Arsenal and Eze have reached an agreement, and the transaction is worth £60 million plus £7.5 million in extras. Eze’s last game for Palace might be the first leg of the Conference League playoff against Fredrikstad on Thursday.

Arsenal were more anxious about Ethan Nwaneri, who was entering the last year of his contract without signing it, than they were about Kai Havertz’s injuries. But subsequently, the adolescent signed a new five-year pact.

So, Arteta’s team turned their attention to selling before going for Eze, since they had already spent almost £200 million this summer.

But when the Gunners found out how bad Havertz’s injury was, they opted to steal Tottenham’s approach for Palace’s Eze.

Havertz is said to have hurt his knee and will be out of play for a while.

Havertz was also not at Arsenal’s open training session at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday. Reports say that the 26-year-old is being evaluated, and the Gunners are waiting for the final update to find out how long the forward will be out of action.

Arsenal will also be without Gabriel Jesus for a long time after he had knee surgery in January. The Gunners would be hurt a lot if he missed a lot of games.

Eze, who is 27 years old, wanted to join Spurs, but he has always been a fan of Arsenal and was thought to be open to joining them when they first showed interest.