The signing of Eberechi Eze this week felt like a perfect moment for Arsenal. That he was snatched from under the noses of Spurs, for whom he would have been a statement acquisition, was only the cherry on the top.
Eze’s arrival, which was being completed on Friday, was about more than just gazumping bitter local rivals. It seemed like the final piece of the jigsaw that Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has been putting together, slowly but surely, since he took over at the Emirates in December 2019.
