Arsenal rushing to complete Eberechi Eze transfer before 12pm deadline

ARSENAL are in a race against time to register incoming star Eberechi Eze in time for their game against Leeds tomorrow.

Eze, 27, is undergoing a medical with the Gunners today after they sensationally hijacked North London rivals Tottenham's move for the Crystal Palace star.

2 Eberechi Eze is undergoing his medical to sign for Arsenal today Credit: Reuters

The Gunners have agreed a fee believed to be close to £67.5m with add-ons included for the England international.

And now the club are racing against the clock to get everything signed and sealed before 12pm in order to register Eze in time for Saturday's game against Leeds.

Eze will need to have all his paperwork completed and sent to the Premier League before midday in order to be eligible for the Saturday's 5:30pm kick off at the Emirates Stadium.

According to Fabrizio Romano , the club-to-club documents are now signed and it is just a matter of Eze putting pen to paper on his contract.

The attacking midfielder was left out of Crystal Palace's Conference League squad to face Fredrikstad last night due to illness , according to Eagles boss Oliver Glasner.

While he confirmed after their 1-0 victory over the Norwegian side that Eze would be leaving the club.

He said: "Ebs will not play for us anymore, so it does not make sense to talk about him. It's gone.

"It looks like wishing him all the best for the new club, and for us, it is about bringing more players in, but they will not be allowed to play in the second leg.”

Arsenal will be hoping to have Eze available as soon as possible after losing Kai Havertz to a knee injury this week .

Havertz's injury was a big part of what forced them back into the market to sign Eze after seemingly going cold on the deal after heavy spending earlier in the window.

Arsenal fans will be wanting to catch a glimpse of their new big-money arrival, who is rejoining the club after being released from their academy as a 13-year-old .

Supporters have unbelievably already painted a mural of Eze on a wall outside the Emirates.

Should Arsenal miss the deadline or deem Eze not to be ready to play against Leeds, it is likely that their new addition would make his debut next weekend in a huge clash with Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday, August 31.

2 A mural of Eze has already appeared outside the Emirates Stadium Credit: PA

ARSENAL have been crying out for attacking creativity as they've fallen agonisingly short of the title in the past three seasons.

But there is no doubt that Eze will add that in abundance - having had a hand in 16 Premier League goals last term.

Eze certainly solves that problem, but he does present a different one: Where will he play?

With Bukayo Saka on the right and new £63.5million striker Viktor Gyokeres signed to be a dominant presence in the middle, Arsenal's biggest weakness would appear to be the left wing.

Eze can play there, but isn't his strongest position by any stretch.

While playing him in his preferred central role would mean Arteta would be forced to sacrifice one of his other big-name stars.

Here SunSport breaks down three potential starting XIs that Arteta could use to fit Eze into his system...