{"id":1415,"date":"2025-08-09T13:37:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T11:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2025\/08\/09\/palace-uncertain-over-eze-as-arsenal-and-tottenham-monitor-midfield-options\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T13:58:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T11:58:15","slug":"palace-uncertain-over-eze-as-arsenal-and-tottenham-monitor-midfield-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2025\/08\/09\/palace-uncertain-over-eze-as-arsenal-and-tottenham-monitor-midfield-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace Uncertain Over Eze as Arsenal and Tottenham Monitor Midfield Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner has declined to guarantee that Eberechi Eze will remain at the club beyond the summer transfer window, with Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur among the clubs reportedly watching the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Frank\u2019s side are long-time admirers of Eze and face an urgent need in attacking midfield after James Maddison suffered an ACL injury that is expected to keep him out for the majority of the 2025\/26 campaign. That context has sharpened interest in Palace\u2019s creative options.<\/p>\n<p>When pressed on whether Eze will still be a Palace player after the window closes, Glasner refused to make any firm commitment. \u201cHe will play on Sunday [in the Community Shield], definitely,\u201d was as far as Glasner would go. \u201cMarc Gu\u00e9hi, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eze\u2019s contract contains a release clause believed to be around \u00a367.5 million ($90.7 million). Reports differ over the expiry of that clause, with some outlets saying it has already lapsed and others indicating a deadline of August 15.<\/p>\n<p>Eze\u2019s representatives have held talks with both London clubs, though no formal offers have been submitted. Arsenal are understood to be prioritising outgoings before further business, while Spurs are assessing their next move in the immediate aftermath of Maddison\u2019s injury.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old midfielder produced another strong season for Palace last term, finishing with 14 goals and 11 assists across all competitions. His 16 goal involvements in the Premier League marked a personal best and have only increased the attention surrounding his future as the transfer window progresses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glasner will not guarantee Eze stays after the transfer window amid Arsenal and Spurs interest now..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[465],"tags":[414,242,518,182],"class_list":["post-1415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crystal-palace","tag-eberechi-eze","tag-injury","tag-james-maddison","tag-transfers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1421,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415\/revisions\/1421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}