Crystal Palace star Eberechi Eze has been made to work hard to reach the top of the football pyramid, and the England international has opened up on the missed opportunities clubs had to snap him up as a youngster.
Eze, 25, joined Palace from QPR in 2020 after excelling for the Championship club. He has overcome injuries during his time in South London to play his 100th top-flight game this season, and scored his team’s winner in a valuable 1-0 win at Anfield on Sunday.
The goal dented Liverpool’s title hopes, while moving Oliver Glasner’s side closer to safety. It also helped out his former club Arsenal in the title race, though the Gunners failed to take advantage, falling to a home defeat against Aston Villa later the same day.
“I started at Bruin – that’s a Sunday league team,” Eze said, in a video shared by LifeeOfBallers on TikTok. “[I] was there for maybe half a year before getting scouted by a few teams like Arsenal, Chelsea, more London-based teams.
“I decided to go to Arsenal, was there for maybe five years, played there, then got released. Went to Fulham for two and a half years or so [and] got released from there, went to Reading for half a year, got released from there.
“Then went to Millwall for my scholar so I was there for two years, then got released from there. Went on trial to a few teams afterwards, went to Sunderland, went to Bristol City, got released from there – well, not released, but didn’t get in.”
“Then, thankfully to God, got signed by QPR,” he continued. “They gave me a year contract, [I] worked for maybe three or four months, got offered a new contract and from there started to grow, started to get better and improve, play first-team football, and from there I got a move to Palace., and that’s where I am now”
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