Eberechi Eze can take Arsenal to the Premier League title, says Paul Merson

Sky Sports activities‘ Paul Merson believes the signing of Eberechi Eze can take Arsenal to the Premier League title this season.

Arsenal have agreed a £67.5m deal to signal Eze after hijacking Tottenham Hotspur’s transfer for the Crystal Palace ahead.

The Gunners can pay a assured £60m plus £7.5m in add-ons for the ahead, with private phrases now near being completely agreed. Eze’s Arsenal medical might happen as quickly as Friday.

Merson insists Eze transferring to Arsenal is a “game-changer” with the previous Gunner suggesting the England worldwide could possibly be a key determine in breaking down cussed defences, significantly at Emirates Stadium.

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‘X-factor Eze can take Arsenal to title’

“Eze is a brilliant signing for Arsenal,” Merson mentioned. “It is a game-changer and an ideal match.

“If Arsenal had let Spurs get him, I might have needed to query what the membership was doing as a result of he is a high quality participant.

“Arsenal battle when groups come to the Emirates and put everybody behind the ball. Groups wish to restrict the area Arsenal need to play in they usually have struggled to interrupt groups down with these ways.

“We’ve seen it over the last few years where they have struggled to break teams down when it gets right to the business end of a game and the business end of a season.

“For me, that is the place Eze is available in at Arsenal,” he added. “He is received the X-factor and in tight, tight video games, he has the flexibility to interrupt a low block down.

“Away from home, maybe he’s not the answer. Against the likes of Liverpool and Man City, they may come under the cosh for a bit, and they may have to play slightly differently.

“But that’s why you have a big squad. At home, against the lesser teams, where they have 70 to 80 per cent of the ball, let Eze go and do what he wants because he will make something happen.”

When requested if Eze could be a distinction maker in Arsenal’s bid for the title, Merson mentioned: “I think Arsenal win the league with Eze.

“They’d an opportunity with out him as a result of it is an actual heads or tails season with Liverpool, and Man Metropolis performed nicely on the opening weekend, however Eze assist get them over the road.”

Electrical Eze will unlock defences for Arsenal

Sky Sports activities’ Peter Smith:

Eberechi Eze is electrical. The 27-year-old is a delight to look at along with his poise and swagger on the ball and craft to open up defences, to not point out his penchant for scoring spectacular strikes himself.

He completed final season as one of many hottest prospects within the nation, scoring in six video games in a row, together with each the FA Cup semi-final and remaining at Wembley as he helped encourage Crystal Palace to their first ever main honour.

Final season wasn’t all plain crusing, although. “I think Ebere has had a strange season,” mentioned Palace boss Glasner on the finish of March. “He hasn’t had many goals in the Premier League and he has been unlucky, but he keeps going. He’s also struggled with strange injuries.”

These feedback got here after Eze had ignited Palace in a FA Cup tie at Fulham, scoring one and organising one other. That standout show got here on the again of a primary aim for England. Match and stuffed with confidence, Eze was again to his greatest throughout the run-in.

It’s that livewire maverick Arsenal will hope can unlock deep defences and convey a spark to their beforehand at-times predictable patterns of assault. He affords one thing fully totally different to Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Martinelli, the present huge left choices and Viktor Gyokeres will probably be relishing the prospect of latching onto the kind of passes which have proved so productive for Jean-Philippe Mateta.

After being launched by the Gunners as a 13-year-old, Eze will probably be motivated to grab a second probability in north London – and, in his prime, he seems to be set to do exactly that and make a big effect for Mikel Arteta.

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