{"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":"<p>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<p>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<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5ca56128-0139-42eb-854f-5a42f47094c4.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>But now he has just days to sort out a move before his last escape routes slam shut in his face.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish title contenders Besiktas are still keen to sign Pepe despite being turned down by the player earlier in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<h2><span>READ MORE ARSENAL NEWS<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/JW-KEANE-NEW-COMP.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Arsenal fan who headbutted Keane unmasked as dad who &#8216;broke nose&#8217; in attack<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/RW-LADBROKES-BETTIG-COMP-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Get \u00a320 in free bets when you stake \u00a35 on football with Ladbrokes<\/h3>\n<p>And he is reluctant to take a pay cut just so Arsenal can get him off their wage bill.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>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<h2>Most read in Football<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/OQ-OFF-PLATFORM-SOUTHGATE-PEP.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-1r4x4sg\"><span>IT&#x27;S BEEN GAREAT <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Southgate &#x27;sets date to QUIT England as FA line up swoop forGuardiola&#x27;<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/JW-KEANE-NEW-COMP.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-1r4x4sg\"><span>GUNNER GET YOU! 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