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.

Mikel Arteta’s side have finished runners-up three seasons in a row, and there’s a growing sense at the Emirates that one more injection of creativity could turn second place into first.