Recently, Arsenal midfielder Eberechi Eze sat down with GQ to discuss his BOSS Eyewear campaign, his feelings after the Champions League final, and his jean collection.

For Eberechi Eze, May 31st was a surreal day.

That morning, Eze and the entire Arsenal squad boarded the first flight back to London. The night before, they had just lost to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final. After the match, the team stayed up all night reviewing everything that had happened, and combined with an early start the next morning, everyone's mood was quite low for a while.

But that feeling changed quickly.

Instead of going straight home, they headed to Emirates Stadium to prepare for the championship parade, celebrating the team's Premier League title.

"That was one of the craziest days I've lived through," Eze told GQ, who also likes to be called "Ebs."

We were in central London, and he wasn't wearing his usual training kit, but a beige linen suit with a white shirt underneath; his football boots had been replaced by a pair of new trainers that had clearly never touched a pitch.

"As soon as we arrived at the Emirates Stadium dressing room and started preparing for the championship parade, you could feel everyone's mood lifting again."

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Now that summer has passed, Eze's perspective on that experience is much calmer.

"Not winning the Champions League, and losing the way we did, especially for me personally, processing both emotions at once—having lost the Champions League but then having to celebrate the Premier League victory—was really difficult."

"But as time passes, you gradually learn to appreciate what you can do and what you can achieve."

"On the day of the championship parade, what really helped me get through that moment was looking at the fans and seeing the joy we brought to the area."

Since joining Arsenal over a year ago, Eze has had many reasons to celebrate. He had previously left Arsenal's academy 14 years earlier.

Last November, he helped the team win the North London Derby and scored a hat-trick on his first appearance for Arsenal. What's particularly interesting is that he almost joined the other side of that same derby.

After receiving a last-minute offer before the transfer window closed, Eze ultimately put on the red shirt instead of the white. The completion of this transfer also had to do with advice from Rice: Rice advised Eze to call Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta.

Speaking about his feelings before making that call, Eze said: "I was quite calm."

"No matter what the outcome was, I prayed that things would go in the direction I wanted. I wanted to play at a higher level and compete in the Champions League. Of course, what I most wanted was to join Arsenal, and that conversation was great. It gave me the clear answers I needed. Thank God, everything ultimately went that way."

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Over the past year, Eze has experienced many significant moments, including winning the Premier League and being called up to represent England in this year's World Cup.

He also specifically mentioned that "becoming an uncle" was one of the memorable things from last year.

Now, he has another role: the face of the BOSS Eyewear campaign.

Speaking about his first time as a model, Eze said: "Actually, I'm quite relaxed and calm in front of the camera."

He then added with a laugh: "As long as I look good!"

"After all, it's my face!"

Speaking about his collaboration with BOSS Eyewear, Eze feels it's like closing a circle.

"The BOSS brand has existed since I was a kid, especially the eyewear collection. Back then, I couldn't afford to wear those things, so now wearing them and collaborating with the brand means something really special to me."

Speaking about his style, Eze said that David Beckham was a footballer who had a significant influence on him when he was young.

"I can't know what he was thinking at the time, but in my opinion, he was the type of person who lived life his own way, and that extended to how he dressed."

"At least that's how I see it."

Within the Arsenal squad, Eze believes that Riccardo Calafiori is also a "person with great style."

However, it was his younger brother who really helped him gradually develop his own sense of style.

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"My style is heavily influenced by my brother. He got me to start looking for pieces that I really liked, rather than thinking about what others wanted to see me wear."

"Gradually I'm moving away from what others think of me and really asking myself: Do I actually like this? Is it authentic and natural for me? Or is it just because everyone's wearing it, so I want to wear it?"

"I think that's something he taught me, and it's a very valuable skill. When you're authentic, you're really being yourself."

So when you put on something that doesn't quite suit you, do your family members also tell you without hesitation?

"Exactly!", said Eze with a laugh.

Then I mentioned a post he had made on social media with the caption:

"If I only have two legs, why do I need 40 pairs of jeans? Shout-out to Rice."

Upon hearing this, Eze immediately burst out laughing.

Does this mean his shopping habits need some control?

"You wouldn't believe how many times that phrase was reworked in our group chat!", he said.

"Rice told me that on the plane ride back after a match. We were talking about life and many other things."

"We talked about some of the things we own that we don't really need, and how sometimes we complicate everything around us too much."

"He said that to me at that moment, and it just stuck in my head."

"For a long time afterward, I kept thinking: Why do I have so many pairs of jeans?"

At this point, Eze laughed again.

A joke about jeans ultimately became a lesson on both fashion and life.

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