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.

Eze is on the verge of a move to Arsenal but Palace have done next to nothing in terms of bringing in players this summer

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.