Jamie O’Hara couldn’t contain his anger as he furiously reacted to Arsenal hijacking Tottenham’s move for Eberechi Eze.
On Wednesday night’s Sports Bar, the ex-Spurs man launched a furious rant at the club and owner Daniel Levy.
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Only a few minutes before O’Hara took to the airwaves, bombshell news broke.
Tottenham, who were on the verge of signing Eze from Crystal Palace, saw their deal hijacked by their bitter rivals.
Arsenal have now agreed a deal to sign the England international in a deal worth in excess of £60million, a club record sale for Palace, in a major twist.
The Gunners accelerated talks on Wednesday with Kai Havertz picking up a knee injury, and the deal is almost complete.
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Spurs have officially pulled out of the running and they are looking at alternative targets.
But their ex-midfielder couldn’t compute how his former side had managed to let the Eze deal slip through to their north London rivals.
Launching into a rant about Spurs alongside co-host Jason Cundy, O’Hara said: “I’m going to lose my head…
“I’m disappointed in Tottenham, we should have had this deal done weeks ago, we should have had it over the line and got it done.
“As soon as we started the season, we should have had Eze in the team, and do you know what, it serves us right.
“It serves Daniel Levy right, it serves Spurs right, it’s the same old Tottenham, it happens every single season, we’re penny-pinchers!”
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He continued: “It happened again, and we’re going to miss out on a top-quality player who’s proven in the Premier League.
“Just pay the money and get the player over the line!
“We got rid of [Heung-min] Son, [James] Maddison has done his ACL, we needed Eze, we needed him.
“It’s an absolute joke that we’re going to lose him to Arsenal of all teams, who are going to waltz in and pay and get it over the line in a couple of hours, it’s a joke!”
After that opening rant ended, Cundy then went on to ask O’Hara whether he’d rather join Tottenham or Arsenal if he were Eze.
During the question, O’Hara continued to interrupt, saying: “Shut up, shut up, Jason.”
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He added: “I get it, Arsenal are a better team than us, they’re in a better position, I wouldn’t say they’re bigger.
“They’re doing well and that’s why Tottenham needed to get the deal done, so you can’t get hijacked.
“This is what happens, the bigger clubs come in and get the players, you don’t get the deal done, this is what’s going to happen.”
O’Hara left raging
Things then got overheated for O’Hara as he got lost in his anger at Levy and Tottenham.
“Levy is a penny-pincher,” he shouted. “Maddison did his ACL a month ago, he could have got the deal done.
“Maddison is out for the season, he’s done, Son’s gone, he knew Son was going, he knew that a month ago.
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“He knew those players were done and he still hasn’t got it over the line, he still hasn’t got it over the line knowing this was coming.
“How have you not got this done? Honestly, it’s a joke and I’m f******…”
O’Hara then had to catch himself out but thankfully the team behind the glass managed to dump it from talkSPORT’s live stream on YouTube as well as the airwaves, but he was still left with his head in his hands.
As coverage returned, Cundy exclaimed: “Oh my word!”
“He had to dump himself, he swore, he dropped an F-bomb!”
Red-faced O’Hara then calmed himself down and admitted: “I don’t think I’ve ever done that before…”
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Ready for a fight
O’Hara then turned on Cundy as the ex-Chelsea man continued to wind his co-host up about the situation.
“I’m not doing three hours with you, Jason,” O’Hara resumed.
“I’ll iron you out, I will. You see that picture of Eze, it will go right through your massive forehead.”
He continued: “I’m angry because I feel like I have to talk about Tottenham, we did well at the weekend…
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“You’re just a patronising little weasel, if you’re going to sit here at patronise me, I don’t expect anything less from you.”
Fortunately though, things stayed friendly in the studio…
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