{"id":85071,"date":"2023-09-05T15:05:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T15:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=85071"},"modified":"2023-09-05T15:05:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T15:05:18","slug":"arsenal-72m-signing-nicolas-pepe-warned-he-will-never-play-for-gunners-again-if-he-refuses-to-agree-transfer-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/sport\/arsenal-72m-signing-nicolas-pepe-warned-he-will-never-play-for-gunners-again-if-he-refuses-to-agree-transfer-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal \u00a372m signing Nicolas Pepe warned he will NEVER play for Gunners again if he refuses to agree transfer | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
NICOLAS PEPE has been told to leave Arsenal while he still can or spend the rest of the season sitting on his hands.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old Ivorian international has resisted all the club\u2019s efforts to get rid of him without a lucrative pay-off.<\/p>\n
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But now he has just days to sort out a move before his last escape routes slam shut in his face.<\/p>\n
Turkish title contenders Besiktas are still keen to sign Pepe despite being turned down by the player earlier in the summer.<\/p>\n
And his representatives are also trying to raise a last-ditch offer from\u00a0 Al Shabab before the Saudi transfer window closes on Thursday.<\/p>\n
But Pepe still has ten months remaining on his \u00a3150,000-a-week Arsenal contract which will net him around \u00a36.5million if he stays at the Emirates.<\/p>\n
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And he is reluctant to take a pay cut just so Arsenal can get him off their wage bill.<\/p>\n
Gunners boss Mikel Arteta has already washed his hands of the player who cost what was then a club record \u00a372million when he was signed from Lille by Unai Emery in 2019.<\/p>\n
He has been ordered to train alone since returning from an unsuccessful loan spell at Nice and doesn\u2019t even have a squad number after his number 19 shirt was handed to Leandro Trossard at the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n
It has been made clear to him that he has no future at the club and will not play another game for them if he declines to leave.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n FREE BETS – BEST BETTING OFFERS AND BONUSES NEW CUSTOMERS<\/strong><\/p>\n His lack of activity has already cost him his place in the Ivory Coast squad for their forthcoming games against Lesotho and Mali.<\/p>\n And with his home country hosting the African Cup of Nations in January, Pepe knows his international career is in jeopardy unless he finds another club.<\/p>\n But Arsenal are still asking for a nominal transfer fee in the region of \u00a34million and Besiktas want to sign him for nothing.<\/p>\n The Turkish transfer window closes on September 15 and it could be a case of which club blinks first.<\/p>\n That could all change if Al Shabab follow up their interest with a firm bid but Arsenal have not yet received any offers.<\/p>\n<\/picture>\n
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