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‘There’s no point’: Mikel Arteta says it just never worked out for ‘phenomenal’ player at Arsenal
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta𒈔 has addressed Nicolas Pepe’s departure from the Emirates in his press conference this week.
The Ivorian terminated his contract at Arsenal and left the club during the international break. He has now moved to Turkey, where he’s set for🐈 a new adveཧnture at Trabzonspor.
Here’s what Arteta said about him.
Mikel Arteta says it just didn’t work out for Nicolas Pepe at Arsenal
Arsenal signed Nicolas Pepe 🐼for a then-club-record fee of £72 million in 2019 ().
The Ivory Coast international moved to the Emirates on the back of a truly spectacular season at Lille, where he scored 23 goals and provided 12 assist🧔s in all competitions.
Arsenal hoped he would join Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to form the deadliest strike force in the league, but it just never happenꦑed for P🃏epe. He showed flashes of brilliance, but he could not do it consistently.
Mikel Arteta decided it was time to part ways, and that was done this week. The Arsenal boss has now claimed that it just didn’t work for Pepe and when that happens, there’s no point 💃continuing to persist with him.
He s𓂃aid, as per : “What I can say about him as a person is that he’s a phenomenal boy. He tried really hard. It is not his fault the amount of mon🎐ey that we paid at the time and that’s it.
“When things are not workinꩵg, you have to move on. There’s no point trying when something is not working and that decision has been made and I think it benefits all parties.”
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Moving on was the๊ best thing for all parties involved.
Pep꧃e is a fantastic talent. Whe🦩n he’s in full flow, he’s nearly impossible to stop, but for several factors, he just couldn’t do that on a consistent basis at the Emirates.
Bukayo Saka emerged in the same position at 🐲Arsenal, and that made it even mor🦩e difficult for the Ivorian to get regular opportunities.
Arteta is right, there’s no point trying when things aren’t working, and we’re sure Arsenal fans will wish Pepe well as he embarks on a new adventure in Tuꦕrkey.