EZE’S RELEASE CLAUSE HAS NOW EXPIRED, BUT CRYSTAL PALACE REMAIN OPEN TO SELLING THE FORWARD, HOPEFULLY IN EXCESS OF £60 MILLION. ARSENAL REMAIN IN THE RACE FOR EZE, BUT ARE ASSESSING THEIR OPTIONS AS THE TRANSFER WINDOW ENTERS THE FINAL THREE WEEKS.
THEIR NORTH LONDON RIVALS HAVE NOW REJOINED THEM IN THE RACE TO SIGN THE 27-YEAR-OLD, WITH EZE’S NAME SET TO DOMINATE HEADLINES OVER THE NEXT THREE WEEKS.
TOTTENHAM MAKE CONTACT OVER EBERECHI EZE DEAL.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR HAVE HELD TALKS WITH EBERECHI EZE’S TEAM THIS MONTH TO DISCUSS A POTENTIAL MOVE TO N17, SOURCES HAVE TOLD TBR FOOTBALL’S CHIEF CORRESPONDENT, GRAEME BAILEY. EZE, WHO JERMAIN DEFOE TIPPED TOTTENHAM TO SIGN, STILL HAS PLENTY OF INTEREST WITH ARSENAL AND MANCHESTER CITY STILL IN THE RACE. THE GUNNERS HAVE BEEN PURSUING THE ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW, BUT ARE STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT WHETHER TO MAKE A MOVE FOR HIM.
MEANWHILE, CITY ARE CLOSE TO MOVING ON BOTH JACK GREALISH AND JAMES MCATEE, WITH POTENTIALLY SAVINHO ALSO HEADING TO TOTTENHAM. BUT THOMAS FRANK’S TEAM ARE READY TO TEST THE WATERS WITH A MOVE FOR THE PALACE ATTACKER IN THE AFTERMATH OF JAMES MADDISON’S KNEE INJURY.
BAILEY TOLD TBR FOOTBALL: “TOTTENHAM HAVE SPOKEN TO EZE’S CAMP THIS MONTH, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT AND IT IS NOT A SHOCK.
“IT IS NOT TO SAY ARSENAL HAVE GONE AWAY, BUT THEY ARE STILL CONSIDERING THEIR OPTIONS IN THAT REGARD. SO SPURS DO NEED A COUPLE OF PLAYERS IN THE AREA THAT EZE IS DEPLOYED, SO LET’S SEE HOW THIS MOVES ON.
“I AM ALSO TOLD THAT MANCHESTER CITY SHOULD NOT BE DISCOUNTED, THEY HAVE PREVIOUSLY LIKED EZE. NOW WITH JACK GREALISH, JAMES MCATEE AND POTENTIALLY SAVINHO GOING – IT COULD MAKE SOME SENSE.”
TOTTENHAM WILL SIGN ONE OF EBERECHI EZE OR SAVINHO.
AT THIS STAGE, TOTTENHAM SOURCES TELL TBR FOOTBALL THAT ONLY ONE OF EZE OR SAVINHO WILL BE SIGNED, BUT DEALS FOR BOTH CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT. HOWEVER, SPURS HAVE JUST LOST SON HEUNG-MIN TO LAFC AND MADDISON TO A SERIOUS INJURY, SO THEY ARE PROPERLY ASSESSING THEIR ATTACKING OPTIONS.
