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Nicolas Pépé

Gazza M

Qwiss! wrote:
Does him being linked with Arsenal and Napoli in recent days suggest that the big clubs aren't interested or that Lille are just trying to scare bigger clubs into action?

Lille are desperate to sell because his value is unlikely to go higher, I'd guess

Klaus

That's my feeling too. He'll be available for half of the suggested £80 million next summer, but no one who really needs him has the time to wait. Similar to Zaha in that sense maybe.

GooneriC

Remember Thomas Lemar?

MistaT

The new Thomas Lemar

Claudius

Pepe is better than Lamar. Remember that the Monaco team had a really good coach and lots of incredible players. Lemar had Mendy and Silva playing off him, helping make him look good.

If you see Lille, Pepe is the pulse of that team. Attacks go through him. He's taking players on and then laying it off for others, or getting on the end of things. And he's still developing.

Qwiss

GooneriC wrote:
Remember Thomas Lemar?

Yeah he wasn't half as good as Pepe has been though.

Klaus

GooneriC wrote:
Remember Thomas Lemar?

And Fekir.

I think Pepé is better than both of them to be fair, but I also think he's going to need a bit of time before he produces for us. And time is not the first thing you want to give a player who costs £80 million.

TambourineMan

I agree with the general consensus that his season next year won't be as good as this one. Next summer would be one to nab him. It's similar to when Mahrez had a dip after the title winning season and was available for a fair price. No one acted and his value rose again. I think we will see something similar with Pepe in terms of a progression curve.

Claudius

If nobody gets him now, we should make a proper bid in December. He could save our dumpster fire of a season Arshavin-style.

Ricky1985

The Le 10 Sport journalist who claims it's Arsenal vs Napoli for Pépé, also claims we have Jorge Mendes working on the deal. Which would be quite the turn up for the books and show Sanllehi is changing things at Arsenal in a big way.

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That translates to "now you know everything".

ohboy

Wow

If we really do have the ability to pull off a €80m deal, then i would rather it went on Diop.

Does this also mean that we are out on Zaha/Everton? Really interesting times

jones

Mendes is the last thing on earth I want at my club

ohboy

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United involved?

A lot of speculation, lets see what happens

Ricky1985

jones wrote:
Mendes is the last thing on earth I want at my club

The ugly reality is you can sign all the Mustafis or Xhakas you want without Mendes or Raiola, but if you want to sign the best players in the world or the youngsters that are destined for that level, you've got to play the game and deal with those two.

DKGooner

No chance Pepe ends up here. I reckon Bayern once they accept they are not getting Sane.

ohboy

DK Gooner wrote:
No chance Pepe ends up here. I reckon Bayern once they accept they are not getting Sane.

That is a guy who we should be targeting

The day he is fed up, we should pounce. How much would city realistically want for him?

Claudius

ohboy!!! wrote:
DK Gooner wrote:
No chance Pepe ends up here. I reckon Bayern once they accept they are not getting Sane.

That is a guy who we should be targeting

The day he is fed up, we should pounce. How much would city realistically want for him?

£80m.

I hate hearing that United are after Pepe. They are just wasting people’s time.

QuincyAbeyie

Ricky1985 wrote:
jones wrote:
Mendes is the last thing on earth I want at my club

The ugly reality is you can sign all the Mustafis or Xhakas you want without Mendes or Raiola, but if you want to sign the best players in the world or the youngsters that are destined for that level, you've got to play the game and deal with those two.

You say that like Mendes and Raiola are the same thing.

lorddulaarsenal

Stacks with comments that we are going for expensive players

Ricky1985

Quincy Abeyie wrote:
Ricky1985 wrote:
The ugly reality is you can sign all the Mustafis or Xhakas you want without Mendes or Raiola, but if you want to sign the best players in the world or the youngsters that are destined for that level, you've got to play the game and deal with those two.

You say that like Mendes and Raiola are the same thing.

That's a fair point. It doesn't change the fact that there are a handful of "super-agents" that either own or broker pretty much every deal that's made for the best players or talent. Even if Jorge Mendes is the biggest player and the most powerful.

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