Eberechi Eze mural appears outside Emirates Stadium ahead of Arsenal move

Arsenal followers clearly can’t look ahead to Eberechi Eze to hitch their ranks.

Simply hours after information broke of his imminent £60m transfer from Crystal Palace to north London, an enormous mural of the England worldwide appeared close to the Emirates Stadium.

Eze, who helped Palace win the FA Cup final season, had been linked with Tottenham for months, with a verbal settlement seemingly in place. However within the final switch twist, Arsenal swooped in on the final minute to steal the 27-year-old from beneath their rivals’ noses.

The mural, created by famend road artist Northbanksy, reveals Eze in an Arsenal shirt performing his signature purpose celebration – crossing his fingers in entrance of him.

Northbanksy, a lifelong Arsenal supporter, shared the work on social media, proudly displaying it in his self-styled Arsenal road artwork gallery generally known as ‘The Tunnel.’

“Eberechi Eze of Arsenal Soccer Membership,” he wrote on X alongside varied snaps of the mural, together with when selfie by which he imitated Eze’s pose.

Whereas many Arsenal followers had been fast to reward Northbanksy for his work and share their pleasure Eze’s pending transfer to the membership, some identified that Eze’s transfer hasn’t truly been confirmed by both the Gunners or Palace simply but.

“Nice work however I hope this does not come again to hang-out us,” commented one supporter. “We’re ridiculing Spurs followers after the deal fell by. We’ll be the laughing inventory if this now does not occur.”

Northbanksy, nevertheless, wasn’t phased by the potential backlash, providing a basic artist’s response: “That’s the danger I run.”

Solely time will inform if the mural will probably be a masterstroke or go down as one of many boldest, and most untimely, statements in north London soccer historical past.

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