Arteta is aware of that is the season he should land a significant prize, and to do that he has been closely backed by Arsenal's hierarchy.
In addition to Madueke, the Gunners have concluded strikes to signal Spain's excellent midfield man Martin Zubimendi in a deal value as much as £60m and, no less than 12 months too late, a recognised striker in Viktor Gyokeres, signed from Sporting Lisbon for £64m.
In Eze, who had two years left on his Palace contract, Arsenal will get a flexible ahead wealthy in pure expertise who's a match-winner – as he proved when scoring the winner towards Manchester Metropolis within the FA Cup remaining in Could.
This was a follow-up to the spectacular right-foot end that set Palace on their technique to a 3-0 win over Aston Villa at Wembley within the semi-final. Eze additionally scored the Eagles' opener once they beat Fulham 3-0 at Craven Cottage within the quarter-final.
Eze has demonstrated he has the temperament and expertise for the massive event when inspiring Palace to the primary main trophy of their historical past.
Arsenal will hope he has loads of these events forward.
He's a scorer and creator of objectives, including actual risk to Arsenal's entrance line, with 14 objectives in all competitions final season.
Eze was a boyhood Arsenal fan and was a part of the membership's academy till he was 13. He could have been initially eager on a transfer to Spurs, however as soon as the Gunners confirmed their hand was just one a part of north London he was heading to.
He has achieved his objectives the onerous approach, spending time at Fulham, Studying and Millwall earlier than signing for Queen's Park Rangers. He left Loftus Highway for Palace in a £19.5m deal in August 2020.
Spurs consider they did all they may to conclude a deal – aside from truly concluding it – however it's a hammer blow to chairman Daniel Levy and supervisor Thomas Frank, who additionally thought that they had a deal for Morgan Gibbs-White within the bag just for him to signal a brand new contract at Nottingham Forest.
Arsenal will revel within the native rivalry of snatching away a major switch goal for Spurs, however the wider context demonstrates the Gunners are lethal severe about ending the wait for achievement that now stretches again to 2020.
Eze has beforehand admitted to “crying for per week” when he was let go by Arsenal in 2011, however this gifted ahead has now been given a golden alternative to make up for misplaced time.
