Eberechi Eze made a phone call to Mikel Arteta on Wednesday to enquire about a transfer to Arsenal, it has been revealed. The playmaker appeared to be on the verge of joining Tottenham Hotspur this

Mikel Arteta confirmed reports that Eberechi Eze was the one who instigated his late transfer U-turn away from Tottenham Hotspur towards Arsenal with a phone call. It had been claimed that Spurs were in a “one-horse race” for Eze just four days before he was unveiled to an adoring Arsenal public at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday afternoon.