Nicolas Pepe, Arsenal’s former record signing, continues to face difficulties in finding a new club with just a few hours left before the transfer window closes. Pepe has been out of favour at the Emirates for the past two seasons and had an underwhelming loan spell at Nice in the previous campaign.
Arsenal has been actively seeking to offload him, but despite reported links to clubs like Besiktas and others, no concrete offers have materialised. Pepe was also dealing with an injury at the start of the summer but has since returned to training with Arsenal.
The Gunners had hoped to secure his departure before the deadline day, but the lack of interest has complicated matters. As a result, it is now anticipated that Pepe may leave the Emirates as a free agent.
A report in the Daily Mail suggests that Pepe’s contract could be terminated by mutual consent, aligning with Mikel Arteta’s desire to focus on players who can contribute effectively to the team. This scenario would mark the end of Pepe’s tenure at Arsenal, a club where he had high expectations but struggled to consistently make an impact.
Just Arsenal Opinion
It is a surprise that Pepe has been so bad that he is not catching the attention of any club in Europe.
The winger is a player we need to get rid of and we now have to consider the possibility of letting him leave by mutual consent.
Instead of this, why not keep him and use him as an impact sub? That’s better than paying him to leave. We’ve become known for doing this
Because it gets rid of his salary and opens space in squad for better player.
We’re not actively pursuing any player at this point in the transfer window. Our squad doesn’t really need such surgery at the moment. And who says Pepe will give up all his salary? He will certainly be compensated well, even if it’s not the full amount. Our Left back situation is already on thin ropes. We shouldn’t be doing more damage to the team except we can get some decent fee for him
Was made to understand we are in with a shout for Jaoa Cancelo in a loan form, but so too is Barcelona, but the Catalans have no money
No,the club has still to pay the remaining of his contract.
Are you quite well!? Impact subs are there to make an impact!
Pepe would not make an impact in a girls team.
He is rubbish, as evidenced by the FACT not a single club anywhere is interested enough to offer us even a penny for him.
Just get real and be glad yet another deadwood player is hopefully finally leaving. Not before time either.
Jon, nobody wants to match his wages and Pepe won’t take a cut thats why there’s no interest. Does Pepe fit into Arteta’s style, no, but Arteta needs to learn to be flexible sometimes and use the cards he’s dealt. Same thing with loaning out Tierney. Is KT is Arteta’s future plans, clearly not, but we just lost Timber and are going to be short just like last season if we get one or two injuries. KT is perfectly capable, has a good attitude but Mikel will simply not bend because he can’t walk back and bruise his ego. Mikel is still just in his 4th year as a manager anywhere and I think he still has some lessons to learn and shouldn’t be banishing perfectly fine players. And if there’s a hole in our squad in RW, it needs to filled. Saka absolutely CANNOT play every game like he did last season.
We could try him as an inverted left back now that KT and Tavares have been moved on? I am of course jesting.The fact that a Club has not come in for Pepe is presumably because of his high salary as he seems to me a decent guy who would give his all for any new employer.I don’t think he has fallen out with Arteta, but I may be wrong?
Would he be willing to take a salary cut though?
Let arteta keep him,he could be of importance to the club in case of injuries
Even Saudi Arabia with all the money they are throwing around are not interested in him 😭? This is a sad situation for once a high ranked player when he joined the club.
When all is said and done Pepe is not do much a bad player, he still has a goal or two in his left foot.
Give him one last bite at the cherry
You are an unrealist!
Buying Pepe at that price and paying him this level of wages was very, very strange and created many questions. He was, and his very much overpriced. Who knows why??
Now no club is interested in his services. At this stage it is probably wise to tear up his contract, reach an agreement for him to leave and count our losses. The pwrson who was respobsible for this huge error should hang his head in shame.
If Buying pepe is strange then buying Chelski outcast Havertz for the similar fee and more than double wage is what. When ever Pepe was played he performed decently. He is way better finisher and has dead ball skills that Havertz. We can use him at center forward when injury crisis instead of terminating his contract. His value is diminished because Arteta has not given him chances recently. I still believe if he was playing for a club like Dortmund then many EPL clubs will be ready with 50M + offer for him.
He, -and it was SANLLEHI- should not just hang his head but he OUGHT to be prosecuted for fraud in this corrupt transfer.
Buying Pepe at that price and paying him this level of wages was very, very strange and created many questions. He was, and his very much overpriced. Who knows why??
Now no club is interested in his services. At this stage it is probably wise to tear up his contract, reach an agreement for him to leave and count our losses. The person who was respobsible for this huge error should hang his head in shame.
He’d just had a brilliant season with lille, and we were under the impression he was the next big thing. Unfortunately, that brilliant season was achieved in a very specific counter attacking system, yet we apparently just assumed that form would translate to playing for arsenal, where counter attacks are harder to come by. If we’d signed him for 40m or something, it would still have been a very poor signing, obviously, but at least the fee would have been a better reflection of the balance between his talent and the risk associated with adapting to a very different type of football in a tougher league. Something like that would have been more understandable.
Why not use him instead? Why shove him out unceremoniously yet the squad is not yet bloated. Secondly Signed contracts must be respected to the letter. Irrespective of performance or health status.
Probably would have been helpful to play him in the preseason a bit to create some interest. Player is not wanted at Arsenal, rots on the shelf, so why would another club offer any money to Arsenal?
If any are interested, they will wait until we rip up his contract and get him on a free if they are interested. That’s just the way we do business with unwanted players. Advertise to the world they are surplus and not wanted, and usually get a pittance or nothing with their ousting.
Let’s see if Havertz can surpass the numbers Pepe put up with Arteta when he played. Interested to see the comparison and treatment by the manager and club.
There needs to be some realism here. Pepe could still do a job for us as a sub or cup player. The guy can score and create goals. As was proved before he got blocked out.
Keep him till Jan and see if he can be useful and then decide.
So many ludicrous posts urging us to keep Pepe and use him, either as a starter or an impact sub. All talk nonsense!
He is a misfit, has no drive , no obvious personality on the field at all and we BADLY NEED HIM GONE.
IF we can tear up his contract and get him gone as a free agent , that would now be the best of a very bad(and fraudulant buy by SANLLEHI) disastrous purchase indeed!
Reality!!
he’s no worse than Havertz in any of the categories you just named. Pepe’s EPL career actually is at least worst EQUAL to Kai’s. With no Saka cover there’s no reason he can’t be thrown on once in a while