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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Crystal Palace midfielder, Ebere Eze, has revealed he was left in tears after Arsenal rejected him as a youngster.<\/p>\n

Eze was let go by the Gunners when he was 13.<\/p>\n

Now 22, he has impressed since making a \u00a317million move to Palace from Queens Park Rangers in August.<\/p>\n

However, success did not come easy for Eze, who thought he would make it big with the Gunners when he signed for them before his 16th birthday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got scouted by a few clubs and that\u2019s when I first went to Arsenal,\u201d he told Premier League Productions.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a young age, it was hard, especially being released. Me and my mum cried, everyone was so upset \u2013 that\u2019s all you know at that age.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut looking back at it now, that\u2019s the start of my journey and I\u2019m grateful to God that\u2019s how it went. If it wasn\u2019t for that, I may not have got the resilience, bravery, to go and be who I want to be elsewhere. It\u2019s shaped me to be who I am today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eze played for Reading, Fulham and Millwall before joining QPR having left north London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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