This article was originally published on www.si.com as Mikel Arteta Reveals How Arsenal Beat Tottenham to Eberechi Eze Signing. Mikel Arteta confirmed reports that Eberechi Eze was the one who instigated his late transfer U-turn away from Tottenham Hotspur towards Arsenal with a phone call.

It felt for some time that Eberechi Eze would be a Tottenham player eventually, when suddenly Eze was signing for Spurs' biggest rival Arsenal. So how did it all go down?

Eze is likely to compete with Gabriel Martinelli for a place on the left wing, while he can also play as one of the No. 8s in central midfield. Arsenal will hope the addition of E