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OFFICIAL: Eberechi Eze signs for Arsenal
Robin Bairner
- Updated: 23 Aug 2025 16:31 CDT
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Eberechi Eze is an Arsenal player, with the Crystal Palace attacker officially unveiled by the Gunners ahead of their clash with Leeds United.
FootballTransfers reported that the framework was in place for Eze to move to Arsenal weeks ago, but Mikel Arteta’s side cooled on the deal.
Tottenham Hotspur appeared primed to take advantage by signing the 27-year-old, but an injury to Kai Havertz forced the Gunners into a U-turn. The Emirates club moved swiftly to complete the transfer within a matter of days.
Current ETV
Eberechi Eze
AM, M (C), F (L)
Arsenal
Eberechi Eze
AM, M (C), F (L)
Arsenal
ETV Range
€48.8M - €59.6M
The club have now confirmed the signing of Eze, with Mikel Arteta hailing the 27-year-old as an 'exciting player' who will give Arsenal 'a new dimension' in the attack.
“We are absolutely delighted to bring Eberechi to Arsenal," Arteta said. "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, and we love how much it means to him and his family to be joining our club. We all look forward to start working with Eberechi soon.”
Eze has cost Arsenal a total of €80 million (£65m), with €69m of this coming as an up-front payment and the remainder tied to bonuses.
His Estimated Transfer Value (ETV) is €54m, but the Gunners’ need for another attacker has forced them to pay over the odds.
Eze an X-factor for Arsenal
Club legend Paul Merson has tipped Eze as the figure who can finally end the 22-year Premier League title drought for the Gunners.
Speaking to Sky Sports, he said: “I think Arsenal win the league with Eze. They had a chance without him because it's a real heads or tails season with Liverpool, and Man City played well on the opening weekend, but Eze help get them over the line.
“He is a brilliant signing for Arsenal. It's a game-changer and a perfect fit.
“If Arsenal had let Spurs get him, I'd have had to question what the club was doing because he's a quality player.
“Arsenal struggle when teams come to the Emirates and put everyone behind the ball. Teams want to limit the space Arsenal have to play in and they have struggled to break teams down with those tactics.
“For me, that's where Eze comes in at Arsenal. He's got the X-factor and in tight, tight games, he has the ability to break a low block down.”
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