Arsenal is seeking to part ways with Nicolas Pepe during this transfer window, but they are not inclined to do so without considering various factors.
As part of their ongoing efforts to trim their squad, Arsenal has been actively offloading players deemed surplus to requirements. The Ivorian winger, in particular, is one player they are looking to move on from.
Pepe was Arsenal’s record signing before that record was subsequently broken by the acquisition of Declan Rice in the current transfer window.
Despite their aspirations, Arsenal acknowledges the necessity of maintaining a balanced squad, considering their standing as a prominent club in the country.
Besiktas has emerged as a potential destination to help facilitate Pepe’s departure, which is viewed positively from Arsenal’s perspective. The Turkish club is reported to have agreed on personal terms with the player, with the hope of securing his services on a free transfer.
However, a report from Sport Witness suggests that Arsenal is unwilling to release Pepe from his contract to facilitate a free transfer. This stance reflects the club’s intention to negotiate a suitable deal rather than terminate his contract outright.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Having spent a record fee on him, Pepe should not expect us to allow him to leave the club as a free agent.
We need to recoup some of the funds we spent on him before he leaves unless we have no other option than to let him go.
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Why ain’t any Saudi clubs coming in for him anymore?
Even though he’s easily good enough to play there they aren’t in business of buying flops. They want players with some prestige associated with them {
They understand his current situation at arsenal. Arab clubs doesn’t really work with rejects
He can possibly buy out the rest of his contract could he not?
£120,000 x 12months = £1,440,000.
He’s earned enough to afford plus will get a signing on fee where ever he does unless we can get £15-£20m for him but I don’t see anyone really pushing for Pepe.
Such a shame as he just doesn’t have the mentality to fight, is a good player in his own right but not for a top side.
It’s 120k pw – more than 6 million to buy out the contract.
It is 120,000 per week not per month.
Though a significant MINORITY of JA fans persist in saying he is a good player and has not been given a real chance – which is obviously nonsense- one has to wonder WHY not a single club anywhere rates him even enough to make a firm offer for him,however small.
Not a single actual money offer has been made by those within the game.
I, for just one among many, do NOT wonder why that is the case. A dud remains a dud,irrespective of certain foolish fan opinions about him.
He’s good enough to help out plenty of sides below the very top level with his finishing ability alone, and I’m sure plenty of clubs would chance, say, 10m in a transfer fee, but no one wants to pay a fee *and* match what we decided to promise him in wages. Rightly so..
Why should we release him from his contract paying him his last year while he is pocketing the fee we should have received as signing bonus. Let him rot in the reserves unless he relinquishes the salary we should pay him to cancel his contract or Besiktas cough up a decent transfer fee
As I keep scratching my head trying to understand what Arteta really saw in Havertz, a thought crosses my mind; shouldn’t Arteta have bought someone like Olmo instead? I’m pretty sure that £65million would’ve been well placed there. How’s Kai Harvertz any better than Pepe?
I don’t think Kai havartz can match pepe by inch. How can you just buy a lazy player like havartz with such an amount.
Did you ever think of Olmo as a good signing for Arsenal before his hat-trick against Kane’s Bayern? It’s one match … stop judging players so quickly!
Do you remember where Odegaard’s career stood before we signed him? Never breaking into the Real first-team, ad always sent out on loan. A shadow of the player he is now.
But Arteta brought him in, he’s our captain now, scored 15 goals last season, and completely undroppable.
Havertz is the same age as Ode. Yes, his time at Chelsh*t was terrible … but so was Henry’s at Juventus before Wenger signed him. Chelsea is where creative players go to die. Remember Torres? Shevchenko? Lukaku? De Bruyne? Salah? Ziyech? Sterling? Give Arteta and Havertz some time, and while he might still flop, there is the chance we have another Odegaard in our squad.
@ Jon Fox – you are plainly wrong in your assessment of Pepe, and those of us who point to his decent stats in Arsenal shirt are NOT foolish. His stats speak for themselves. The guy has been devalued and demoralised by MA. Why should any club come for him given the circumstances? Worth noting that same is playing out for Kieran Tierney right now! By the end of this season he’d be worth nothing to many clubs if things continue the way they are for him right now. Pepe was destroyed by MA, and harshly judged by Arsenal fans like you because of his price tag, which is no fault of his. Those of you that frequently reference his mentality have no clue of the relationship between motivation and mental strength. Arsenal should let him go and resurrect his career elsewhere.
He could’ve as well resurrected his career on loan at Nice last season! afterall Mikel Arteta was not their to continue demoralising him,strange innit?
If a certain Reece Nelson, had been given half the opportunities to play that Pepe had, you would see what a wonderful talent we had on our hands. A class act who did’nt
cost £72 million.