Ebere Eze: The QPR youngster who seems destined for big things
The 21-year-old has shone in the Championship.
QPR fans were coming to terms with the idea that playmaker Ebere Eze was set for a big-money move away from Loftus Road.
His undoubted Premier League potential had led a series of top scouts to west London, eager to run the rule over the 21-year-old who has been attracting increasingly rave reviews.
Here, the PA news agency takes a closer look at the Rangers man.
How did he rise through the ranks?
Youth football was far from plain sailing for Eze, and a number of clubs are now counting the cost of letting the player slip through their grasp. He struggled upon being released by Arsenal as a 13-year-old, and endured unhappy spells at Fulham and Millwall as he began to seriously consider quitting the game to go to work in a supermarket. But Eze impressed then QPR boss Chris Ramsey during a trial in 2016 – and the rest is history.
What makes him so special?
And on the international front?
Who want him?
Eze’s days at Loftus Road may be numbered. Tottenham are the club most frequently linked with the player but Chelsea have also been keeping close tabs, and Sheffield United too have been linked. With QPR showing few signs of shaping up into play-off contenders if and when the season resumes, Eze could be on his way sooner rather than later. After all, QPR’s own director of football Les Ferdinand described the player as someone who is destined for a “top six” club.
