Nicolas Pepe and Arsenal. An expensive marriage that started all so well with moments of brilliance along the way, yet the love slowly burning out — a desperate protracted divorce the only option. It’s a mighty fall indeed from a £72million coup under Unai Emery, to now being shipped off to Turkish side Trabzonspor for a mere £3million. In New York, Arteta said: ‘He had a spell on loan and we wanted to get more from that loan spell. Turkish interest had rumbled on for weeks, and it is understood the player’s salary was the main obstacle.

Source: Daily Mail September 09, 2023 00:47 UTC