Thomas Frank has said he doesn't want any players at Tottenham who don't want to be at the club and wear their "fantastic badge" after his side appeared to miss out on the signing of Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze.

Arsenal pounced to beat north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur to a deal on Wednesday, matching the Spurs offer and persuading Eze to join them instead. Spurs hadn’t finalised their agreement due to Palace wanting Eze to play the first leg of a Conference League play-off, which he subsequently didn’t feature in anyway.

While they started off the league season with a victory, Spurs have eight outstanding injuries in their squad, including Dejan Kulusevski (knee injury) and James Maddison (cruciate ligament tear), who are expected to be out of action for the remainder of the year.

BBC Sport looks at Eberechi Eze's journey from being released by Arsenal to be on the cusp of a return to the club 14 years later.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was tight-lipped about the potential arrival of Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace and confirmed a knee injury to Kai Havertz.

A first major European victory should have brought great joy to Selhurst Park - instead regret and concern linger

Eberechi Eze is on the verge of joining Arsenal after a summer-long transfer saga involving the player's future finally saw the Gunners gazump their North London rivals Tottenham to his signing.

After Arsenal hijacked Tottenham's move for Eberechi Eze, Mikel Arteta must now deliver silverware following another summer spending spree.

MIKEL ARTETA insisted Arsenal’s dramatic move to sign Eberechi Eze is not a panic reaction to Kai Havertz’s knee injury.Arteta confirmed Havertz will miss Arsenal’s Premier League clash against Leeds at Ashburton Grove on Saturday but claimed it is still too early to say how long the Germany international will be sidelined for.

Eberechi Eze has been left out of Crystal Palace’s team for its Conference League playoff match on Thursday amid reports the England forward is about to join Arsenal.

Mikel Arteta insists Arsenal have not swooped for Eberechi Eze because Kai Havertz has suffered a knee injury. Havertz has been dealing with a knee issue since last Sunday’s game at Old Trafford, which Arsenal won 1-0.