Eze agreed personal terms with Spurs, who reached an agreement over a transfer fee on Wednesday, but Palace refused to immediately greenlight an exit as they wanted their talisman available for Thursday’s Conference League qualifier against Fredrikstad. As a result, the door was opened to Arsenal.

Arsenal's stunning coup to snatch Eberechi Eze away from Spurs is a ruthless statement of intent, says BBC chief football writer Phil McNulty

Tottenham Hotspur are trying to get Maghnes Akliouche and one other attacker in, as the club was described as in chaos after being gazumped by Arsenal for Eberechi Eze. There is genuine shock at White Hart Lane about how the transfer played out,