Eberechi Eze 's £67.5 million move from Crystal Palace to Arsenal is a perfect example of how a career in football isn't always a linear journey.

The 27-year-old England international finds himself back at his boyhood club, where he was released from the academy at age 13 and then also got let go from Fulham , Reading and Millwall 's youth setups. He's achieved what most professional footballers dream of, even if he's arrived at it in an unconventional way. Being rejected by a club is nothing new -- whether it's a player who's 17 or 18, or someone who's 25. It's part of the game. What matters most is how a player responds.

I was Eze's captain at Queens Park Rangers when he arrived at Loftus Road as a teenager in 2016, and immediately we could tell he was a unique player. M

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