Eze was part of the Gunners’ prestigious Hale End Academy up until the age of 13.
Eberechi Eze rebuilt his career at QPR (Picture: Getty)
Eberechi Eze scored the winning goal in last season’s FA Cup final (Picture: Getty)
While the likes of Joe Willock and Reiss Nelson, his piers at the time, made the grade, the creative midfielder wasn’t so fortunate and was forced to look for a new club.
Speaking about the pain of being discarded, Eze told the Independent: ‘I remember crying in my room for a solid week, my mum telling me that it’s going to be OK but not being able to get over it.
‘Then I went to Fulham and I was finally starting to enjoy my football again.
‘We played Arsenal a few months later but, when I went over to shake the academy manager’s hand, I started welling up. All the feelings came back.’
Eberechi Eze is now a regular England international (Picture: Getty)
After he was let go by Fulham, Eze had spells at the likes of Reading, Millwall, Sunderland, Bristol City and Swansea.
Eze almost gave up on is dream and took a part-time job at Tesco before being given a chance by QPR.
After impressing on loan at Wycombe, he returned to Loftus Road where he became a crowd favourite before his move to Palace in five years ago.
Now, at the peak of his powers and an England regular, Eze looks destined for a move to one of the Premier League’s elite clubs with Palace unlikely to stand in his way.
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