Eberechi Eze, Crystal Palace and Spurs
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Spurs to 'step up efforts' to sign Eberechi Eze
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Eberechi Eze is in demand in north London, while Liverpool are back in for Marc Guehi and still chasing Alexander Isak.
Palace have had talks with Tottenham over Eze and Arsenal are also reported to be keen to sign the midfielder, who scored the winner when the Eagles beat Manchester City to lift the FA Cup at Wembley in May, in light of which he was not expected to feature in west London.
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Referee England overturned his on-field decision, but explained that the free-kick was ruled out because Guéhi, after successfully shifting Caicedo, had moved to within a metre of the Chelsea wall, which is an infringement in itself. The goal wasn’t ruled out because of the Palace captain’s contact with the Ecuadorian.
EBERECHI EZE and Marc Guehi both featured in Crystal Palace’s side for the Premier League opener at Chelsea today, which ended in a goalless draw, despite being linked with moves away.Reports had emerged on Saturday that Eze was set not to be involved at Stamford Bridge as talks continue with Tottenham over a move for the England midfielder.
It has been all change for Tottenham this summer. A new manager in Thomas Frank. A new captain in Cristian Romero after Son Heung-min swapped London for LA. Mohamed Kudus became the new face of the attack following his move from West Ham, while Joao Palhinha has also returned to the Premier League to add some steel to the Spurs midfield.
According to reports, Thomas Frank has ‘approved’ Tottenham Hotspur’s ‘priority’ signing after Eberechi Eze as they have ‘launched a £70m bid’. Spurs have been active in this summer’s transfer window as the ninth-biggest spending club in Europe. They have invested around £120m on signings, notably Mohammed Kudus, Mathys Tel and Joao Pahlinha.
Pape Matar Sarr is once again set to play in the more advanced midfield role, with the deal for the 27-year-old unlikely to be done in time for the first game of the new season. That means just one change for the former Brentford manager, with Wilson Odobert coming in to replace Kevin Danso to allow Spurs to be a bit more attacking.