Eze agreed personal terms with Spurs, who reached an agreement over a transfer fee on Wednesday, but Palace refused to immediately greenlight an exit as they wanted their talisman available for Thursday’s Conference League qualifier against Fredrikstad. As a result, the door was opened to Arsenal.

Tottenham Hotspur are trying to get Maghnes Akliouche and one other attacker in, as the club was left scrambling to find a solution after being gazumped by Arsenal for Eberechi Eze.There is genuine shock at White Hart Lane about how the transfer played out,