Eberechi Eze is poised to complete his transfer to Arsenal this weekend and the deal will represent a club-record sale for Crystal Palace

Arsenal pounced to beat north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur to a deal on Wednesday, matching the Spurs offer and persuading Eze to join them instead. Spurs hadn’t finalised their agreement due to Palace wanting Eze to play the first leg of a Conference League play-off, which he subsequently didn’t feature in anyway.

The Gunners have spent around £190million on six players - with their total set to reach £250m from the signing of Eberechi Eze.

BBC Sport looks at Eberechi Eze's journey from being released by Arsenal to be on the cusp of a return to the club 14 years later.

Eberechi Eze is set to join Arsenal, despite Tottenham previously being confident of a deal, while Spurs also missed out on Nottingham Forest star Morgan Gibbs-White earlier in the summer.

Frank worked successfully as head coach at Brentford, trusting others to drive recruitment because that was their area of expertise.

Maghnes Akliouche has quickly become one of the hottest prospects as the summer transfer window nears its close, drawing strong interest from PSG and Manchester City after a breakout season with AS