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Nicolas Pépé

Ricky1985

To be fair to Josh Kroenke. He said something like "we can't buy the best players in the world, but we are trying to bring in the players that are going to be the best players in the world."

Pépé is exactly that for me.

Shady

Ricky1985 wrote:
Yep, didn't last long. 😆

[Twitter]

Arsenal shutting it down so quickly is an attempt to manage supporter's expectations. It's better than letting fans think it's possible I suppose.

Sounds like Ornstein has been played like a fiddle this month.

Gazza M

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert wrote:
Elephant in the room - Auba will still be wide (although he's pretty good on the right, that's Pepe's position.)

For now. Get another winger next summer and play with 1 striker

Bold Tone

If Auba hits his Dortmund form, our firepower will be crazy with only Xhaka and our defence working against the team but we will do well to celebrate St Totteringham's if Levy pulls the below off
https://www.lanacion.com.ar/deportes/futbol/dybala-lo-celso-buscados-tottenham-ofrece-150-nid2271044

Don Pacifico

Can't help but feel that this also probably means there's a couple of players about to leave too. Whatever the spin about how much money we actually have, I find it difficult to believe the Kroenkes don't have a plan to balance the books.

Clrnc

Shady wrote:
Ricky1985 wrote:
Yep, didn't last long. 😆

[Twitter]

Arsenal shutting it down so quickly is an attempt to manage supporter's expectations. It's better than letting fans think it's possible I suppose.

Sounds like Ornstein has been played like a fiddle this month.

Yeah come to think of it dont think Orny has ever shut down a rumour straight away so quickly. Arsenal was worried.

Captain

He's not anymore. Almost certain of it.

Segway

Clrnc wrote:
Segway wrote:
Crystal Palace wouldn't accept the payment to be made in installments.

They would. Every transfer in the world is paid by installments. Big difference paying 80m in installments and 40m in installments.

Suppose you're right. It's confusing to keep track of all the rumours.

jones

Clrnc wrote:
jones wrote:
Where's the "here we go" fucking thing

Fair play by the way, you are one of the only few who believed we could lure a player like him here.

jones wrote:
That no sources having Bert from sesame street lookalike Ornstein can go fuck himself. I'm staying put on this train

Pepe 2019

Cheers man, I almost forgot about this post myself. I always said the wages excuses don't fly with me, if we ever had a 40m limit it was self imposed and not because we really can't afford more.

We beat Bayern Liverpool United Napoli and God knows who else for the hottest player on the market in Europe. We're Arsenal fucking Football Club no barren spells or dry patches will see some shithouse club down the road on some powershift delusion surpass us. We're still the fucking Arsenal.

BWoolley

Wonder if this means Lacazette is on his way out or we feel confident of shifting 2-3 other players for a reasonable fee like Chambers and maybe Kolasinac. With Inter and Juventus fighting over Lukaku, maybe it's a good time to ship Laca to one of them.

flobaba

Ricky1985 wrote:

To be fair to Josh Kroenke. He said something like "we can't buy the best players in the world, but we are trying to bring in the players that are going to be the best players in the world."

Pépé is exactly that for me.

Yes, Ricky Yes! This is a player I can get behind us splashing the dosh for.

Well done Arsenal! Got us a wing merlin!

jones

Ricky1985 wrote:

To be fair to Josh Kroenke. He said something like "we can't buy the best players in the world, but we are trying to bring in the players that are going to be the best players in the world."

Pépé is exactly that for me.

Come on Kroenke Sr or Jr both have nothing to do with it, this transfer is most likely down to Raul and Raul alone, a player this well known and we pulled it off means a couple of agent palms were greased most likely.

Also Pepe dragged Lille to 2nd last season mostly by himself, 22 goals and 11 assists in the league alone is very much top shelf already to me even if he still has another gear or two in him

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Something does have to give, I agree. Laca/Xhaka are the most obvious.

Claudius

Rohit wrote:
Gunner89 wrote:
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49137976

Arsenal offered £40m for Crystal Palace's Ivory Coast winger Wilfried Zaha earlier this month, but their Premier League rivals value the player at about £80m.

So we were happy to pay £80 Mn but not for Zaha.

Pepe was the best player in Ligue 1 outside PSG. He typically plays right wing. Left dominant with many special attributes that will serve us well.

He brings the dribbling ability we sorely lack. Very high dribbles per match, attracts about 3 fouls per match so will bring us good dead-ball opportunities.
He's a double-threat to defenders with a goal or assist every game on average. Because of his dribbles (2 per game) he can get past defenders to score, but he also creates a lot of chances (2 key passes and 30 passes per game). Just gives us a fluidity we are lacking up top
Excellent shooter. Opens his body up like Theo from the top of the box
Incredibly fast. Paired with his dribbling it means he can just blow past a couple of defenders in a second. Hopefully, Xhaka and Ceballos can set him up quickly and he gallop with Aubemayang
Look for him to cut in from the right often, pull out out defenders and create space for the strikers/AMs. Also look for him cutting in to meet Ozil/Ceballos through-balls
Only obvious area for improvement is that he is really takes responsibility and in so doing loses the ball a fair amount. Will need to cede control to Ozil etc more.

In summary, if it happens, this is the biggest signing in the Premier League this summer. Bigger than Rodri. Bigger than Maguire and Ndombele. The £72m is the going rate for an elite AM which is what Pepe is becoming.

KingslandBarge

Really really like that we have two top tier strikers in the ranks; pretty much every title winning team in recent years has had that. Would be a shame if we sold Laca before a fire sale of the other players. I sense some truth to the Barcelona rumors.

Clrnc

It's definitely not a coincidence we speed up our transfers right after all the fans displeasure. We might have been working on it but so many pressure meant they gave the greenlight to spend that little bit more to get it over the line and not leave it to the last minute.

lorddulaarsenal

jones wrote:
Ricky1985 wrote:

To be fair to Josh Kroenke. He said something like "we can't buy the best players in the world, but we are trying to bring in the players that are going to be the best players in the world."

Pépé is exactly that for me.

Come on Kroenke Sr or Jr both have nothing to do with it, this transfer is most likely down to Raul and Raul alone, a player this well known and we pulled it off means a couple of agent palms were greased most likely.

Also Pepe dragged Lille to 2nd last season mostly by himself, 22 goals and 11 assists in the league alone is very much top shelf already to me even if he still has another gear or two in him

I watched him slay PSG

Don Pacifico

Come on Clrnc, I don't think the owners are that soft. It's just because we're getting closer to the end of the window.

Bold Tone

jones wrote:
Ricky1985 wrote:

To be fair to Josh Kroenke. He said something like "we can't buy the best players in the world, but we are trying to bring in the players that are going to be the best players in the world."

Pépé is exactly that for me.

Come on Kroenke Sr or Jr both have nothing to do with it, this transfer is most likely down to Raul and Raul alone, a player this well known and we pulled it off means a couple of agent palms were greased most likely.

Also Pepe dragged Lille to 2nd last season mostly by himself, 22 goals and 11 assists in the league alone is very much top shelf already to me even if he still has another gear or two in him

Ricky is more likely to be right as Raul doesn't have the authority to spend £80 million of Kroenke's money like that.
If Gazidis is still chief executive, Stan is not loosening his pursestrings.

USArsenal

If this happens, it will be quite a big week (or so) for us. Ceballos (even if only a loan), Saliba and Pepe. Those are 3 pretty big deals to happen in such a short time period. Ideally we need another player or 2 (Tierney would be great, but doubt it happens now) or someone at CM.. But this kind of signing shows intent at least. That's something we just havent had in quite a while

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