Arsenal sacks two Nigerians, 17 others in massive shake-up

Eze reminisces connected rejection Eberechi Eze has reflected connected shedding tears successful his country ‘for a coagulated week’ aft being fto spell by Arsenal backmost successful 2011, mirror.co.uk.

Like Eze successful 2011, Arsenal astatine the play released 19 players, including 2 Nigerians, goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo and Ovie Ejeher, arsenic good arsenic Mohammed Elneny, Cedric Soares, Omari Benjamin and Mauro Bandeira. Others are Luis Brown, Catalin Cirjan, Noah Cooper, Henry Davies, Taylor Foran, Hubert Graczyk, James Hillson, Henry Jeffcott, Tyreece John-Jules, Alex Kirk, James Lannin-Sweet, Kamarni Ryan and Kido Taylor-Hart.

Now, astatine the property of 25, Eze is regularly mounting Selhurst Park alight and conjured up a singular tally of 11 goals and 4 assists this play for Crystal Palace. He has surely experienced the ups and downs shot has to offer, but his endowment is flourishing present astatine the southbound London nine pursuing a fruitful four-year spell astatine QPR.

However, helium kindled fears astir the extremity of his vocation earlier it had adjacent begun erstwhile Arsenal released him astatine 13 years old. A merchandise of Arsenal’s younker academy since 2006, Greenwich-born Eze honed his skills for fractional a decennary earlier facing that heart-wrenching infinitesimal of parting ways with the club.

Sharing his soul-crushing acquisition with The Independent successful 2020, helium recalled: “I was 13 (when I was released). That was the worst one. I retrieve crying successful my country for a coagulated week, my mum telling maine that it’s going to beryllium OK but not being capable to get implicit it. Then I went to Fulham and I was yet starting to bask my shot again. We played Arsenal a fewer months aboriginal but, erstwhile I went implicit to shingle the academy manager’s hand, I started welling up. All the feelings came back.”