Eze switch 'major blow' for Spurs

For Tottenham, news that Eberechi Eze is on the brink of joining Arsenal will be a major blow.

New boss Thomas Frank had targeted Eze after losing James Maddison to injury and the club had been confident of completing a deal.

Club insiders at Tottenham insist there is nothing more they could have done to sign Eze, and the fact that he was a boyhood Arsenal fan who was in the club's academy until he was 13 meant that once the Gunners came in for him there was only one place he would end up.