This article was originally published on www.si.com as Eberechi Eze: Arsenal, Tottenham Target Could Be Dropped As Transfer Talks ‘Intensify’. Crystal Palace are reportedly prepared to drop Eberechi Eze for the club’s first Premier League fixture of the season in response to intensifying transfer interest in their star playmaker.

Arsenal registered their interest in Eberechi Eze earlier this summer but Tottenham are now the favourites to sign him from Crystal Palace before transfer deadline day

Tottenham will get a free run at signing Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace after Arsenal dropped their interest. Spurs are now increasingly confident of securing the signing of the England international for a fee in excess of £60 million.