ESPN reported that Tottenham Hotspur was close to signing Crystal Palace midfielder Eze for £60 million.
According to ESPN, Tottenham is increasingly confident to sign Crystal Palace midfielder Eze for at least £60 million. Last week, ESPN reported that Tottenham is considering introducing the 27-year-old, who currently has two years to contract with Crystal Palace.
Eze's contract had a termination clause worth £68 million, which expired earlier this month. Tottenham now hopes to reach a deal on a slightly lower price and has increased interest in him.
Arsenal has long been paying attention to Eze, but their pursuit depends largely on Nvanelli's contract. The young player has recently signed a five-year contract extension. Therefore, Arsenal needs to sell some players first to continue chasing Eze. They have already spent about £200 million in this transfer window, and their decision to improve Trosad's contract conditions (but not extending the contract term), suggesting that their interest in Eze has diminished.
In any case, Tottenham is currently ahead of North London's competitors and is in a good position to sign Eze. A source close to Tottenham stressed that negotiations between the two sides are underway despite a final agreement yet. Tottenham has submitted an initial offer of £55 million, plus an additional charge of about £5 million. Further discussions are still underway, but sources said Eze has informed Crystal Palace that he is willing to join Tottenham. Tottenham will compete in the Champions League this season.
Eze played 84 minutes against Chelsea on Saturday and scored a brilliant free kick in the first half, but was judged invalid by VAR. After the game, Crystal Palace coach Oliver Grana said Eze may participate in the UEFA United play-off against Fredericksta on Thursday.
Grana: "He will come to the training base at Crystal Palace on Monday for recovery, we will give him a day off on Tuesday, we will meet on Wednesday, I expect him to come back and compete in the Europa League. I'm calm now, but I also know we have two weeks left, I know Eze's termination clause has expired, so this is the club's decision and we will see what happens."