Eberechi Eze boost ahead of Viktor Gyokeres home debut in Premier League - There is excitement around Arsenal ahead of Eberechi Eze’s imminent arrival

Eberechi Eze grew up supporting the Gunners and is now poised to move to the Emirates after Mikel Arteta's side hijacked Tottenham's move for him

Arsenal starlet Ethan Nwaneri now faces intense competition for a place in Mikel Arteta's team with Eberechi Eze coming in, and that transfer comes just weeks after the teen signed a new contract

Eze has undergone a medical with Arsenal and an official announcement of a £67.5million deal is expected imminently. Meanwhile, Arsenal fan ‘North Bansky’ celebrated the deal by stencilling an image of Eze on a tunnel outside the Emirates Stadium. The mural showed Eze in an Arsenal shirt doing his trademark celebration.

Arsenal could instruct left-back Riccardo Calafiori to overlap at pace in order to allow Eze to drift infield, though the defender has frequently suffered injuries, and backup left-back Myles Lewis-Skelly is not as suited as operating on the flanks as the Italian.

Eberechi Eze revealed an Arsenal legend who was his favourite player growing up as the Crystal Palace talisman prepares to complete a £67.5 million ($90m) transfer to the Emirates this weekend. He had long been linked with a move to Tottenham,