Crystal Palace chief ‘genuinely astonished’ Arsenal, Man City didn’t swoop for £68m England star

Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish was genuinely astonished that none of the Premier League Big Six attempted to sign Eberechi Eze in the summer.

Big six clubs like Manchester City, Tottenham, Liverpool and Arsenal were primmed to sign the 26-year-old as he had a £60 million release club in his contract.

None of the clubs mentioned triggered that figure despite his impressive form in the Premier League and other competitions for Palace. There were reports that but no team made a move. This shocked Palace chairman Steve Parish.

Speaking to , he said: “I was really worried from a club point of view of losing Michael and Ebbs in the same window and we didn t have in Ebbs the interest that I thought we would have.

“I was astounded. Genuinely astounde…