Arsenal have agreed a fee of close to £68 million ($92m) with Crystal Palace for midfielder Eberechi Eze, sources have told ESPN.

Arsenal have made a dramatic move to hijack Tottenham Hotspur’s bid to sign Crystal Palace forward Eberechi Eze.

Spurs had the conditions of a deal agreed with Palace on Wednesday but are ready to move on to alternative targets.

ARSENAL have sensationally hijacked Tottenham’s £60million pursuit for Crystal Palace star Eberechi Eze. Playmaker Eze, 27, was expected to join Spurs after days of talks between chairman

The Gunners, who have been linked with Eze for most of the summer, are reportedly willing to allow Eze to play in that important match for Palace and have seemingly pulled ahead in the race to sign him as a result. Eze’s ties to Arsenal — he was a childhood supporter and spent time in the academy — probably doesn’t hurt, either.

The deal is worth in the region of the expired £68m release clause, matching level of fee Tottenham Hotspur were prepared to pay.

Arsenal have reached an agreement in principle with Crystal Palace to sign Eberechi Eze, according to The Athletic. The deal will be worth around £68 million, close to the value of his recently expired release clause and in line with the fee Tottenham Hotspur were ready to pay.

The reasons why Eberechi Eze has chosen to sign for Arsenal over Tottenham - some of which are obvious and others less so - have been revealed.

THE summer transfer window is heading towards a thrilling climax - and Arsenal's business is definitely far from over! The Gunners have agreed a deal worth around £68million for Crystal Palace midfielder Eberechi Eze. The England international is expected ...

Arsenal has just thrown a late punch in the works of one of the summer’s biggest transfer sagas by making a move for Crystal Palace's star Eberechi Eze.

I'm actually floating' - Arsenal fans left in hysterics after 'snatching' Eberechi Eze from under noses of Tottenham in £68m deal as fans claim 'it's maybe one of the funniest things to happen ever'