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?

The club have attempted to supply mitigation, but both the Morgan Gibbs-White and Eberechi Eze sagas resulted in neither player arriving in N17. Gibbs-White curiously signed a contract extension, while Eze waited for Arsenal to swoop.

Tottenham are increasingly confident of completing a deal worth at least £60 million ($81m) for Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze, sources have told ESPN.