Everyone knows the so -called “ball market”. It is the period, usually in the interval from one season to the other, before the start of the championships, in which the clubs open the coffers and go after reinforcements for their ranks.
They are millionaire businesses, and those who are in the process of closing with the desired name tries to maintain the confidentiality of the negotiations until the end, as leaks can arouse the “big eye” of other parts, in addition to the risk of changing (always up) the values involved.
Sure there is pleasure, that sweet taste in the mouth, to a club when he can “cross” the transaction of others, especially if the hit is an archrival. This has happened a few times in football and maybe even happen more – we don’t know.
It was learned, for now, that Arsenal “became a game” that was considered lost to Tottenham by hiring midfielder Eberechi Eze, 27, of the English national team and Crystal Palace, in the current European window of transfer-which closes on Monday (1) in the main alloys.
Arsenal and Tottenham are the great rivals of northern London. It is one of England’s greatest rivalries, being known the least and repulsion among the fans of each group, since 1913.
The news in this “crossed” was the decisive interference of the athlete himself, something that seems to be unheard of.
Arsenal even showed interest for Eze, but did not impose itself and lost ground to Tottenham, who reached an agreement with Crystal Palace and the player’s agents, who would have even agreed.
But the signature would only be done after a few days, as the palace (also London) wanted Eze to play for the team, in a match for the Norway Conference on Fredrikstad, on the 21st of this month.
The day before, plays the phone of Mikel Arteta, Spanish coach of Arsenal. It was Eze, wanting to know if Arsenal would still be an option for him.
A heterodox, unusual attitude. Who has done this before? Strange as it may seem, the explanation exists, is plausible and comes from inside the chest: Eze’s heart team is Arsenal.
The midfielder hopes for the gunners from a boy and played in his base categories from 8 to 13, when he was dismissed.
He went to Fulham, then Reading, then Milwall, after Queens Park Rangers, then Wycombe Wanderers (on loan), then Crystal Palace, where he was the hero of the Copa da England title, the first relevant in the club’s history, this year against the powerful Manchester City.
Throughout this walk, a conclusion is crystal clear: Eze has never lost his desire to wear the arsenal red and white shirt again. Exposed desire, closed business on the same day. Tottenham’s proposal was surpassed and, by 69 million euros (R $ 438 million), the reunion happened.
Already presented, he will be able to make his debut with shirt 10 already this Sunday (31), when Arsenal visits Liverpool, current English champion.
Tottenham remains for anger and disappointment. Your fans should be anxious for February 21, 2026 to arrive soon. It will be the opportunity to, at the club’s stadium, distribute a sound to the player who turned their backs without a shred of consideration.
In Brazil, one of the most notorious episodes in the annals of football, when it comes to “Chapeú” to the opponent, dates from 1978 and involves one of the most fantastic players the country had: Socrates Brazilian Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira, Doctor Socrates, the Magrão.
Socrates paraded his elegant and effective football at Botafogo-SP, and São Paulo got his signing with the board of the Ribeirão Preto club. However, I needed to afford the requested amount, sell another athlete, the steering wheel Chicão.
Also interested in the midfielder (who later defended Brazil in the 1982 and 1986 World Cups), Vicente Matheus, legendary president of Corinthians, warned Sao Paulo that he would buy Chicão.
Scene game. While his brother gathered with tricolor top hats, properly frayed by the tramia, Matheus traveled inland, with cash in his suitcase, to pay Botafogo and return to the capital with the magrão on the passenger seat.
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