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Why did Eberechi Eze reject Tottenham for Arsenal? How Spurs transfer fell through and who they could sign instead

It felt for some time that Eberechi Eze would be a Tottenham player eventually, as all parties played the waiting game until the deal was complete.

Then, suddenly, Eze was signing for the club's biggest rival Arsenal , leaving Spurs fans and staff bewildered as to how they could lose such a quality transfer target to their chief adversaries.

A sudden deluge of reports on August 20 indicated that Arsenal had swooped in suddenly and made a last-gasp deal with Crystal Palace , one that Eze himself had been hoping would materialise.

The 27-year-old England international immediately reversed course and went along with the rising tide, as all partie

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