When Mikel Arteta told the club’s official website that he ‘expected more’ from the winger last season, it appeared as though he was making fun of the 28-year-old’s previous season-long loan to Nice.
Nicolas Pepe doesn’t appear to be doing well at all in this circumstance, as Arsenal expert Watts added that the entire issue is “strange” and that he “doesn’t have a future” in London, as he wrote on his own YouTube channel.
The possibility of moving to the expanding Pro League of Saudi Arabia had been discussed, however, it has since fallen through.
Pepe is in a bad situation as a result of his loan period not going as Arteta desired, being passed over for the USA tour, and now these reports about a move to Saudi Arabia collapsing.
As of right now, according to Watts, there are “no bids” on the table for a player who, until Declan Rice broke it last summer, was the club-record move for Arsenal.
Watts remarked, “Nicolas Pepe, we haven’t seen anything of him all summer. “He still hasn’t even returned to Arsenal. What Mikel mentioned piqued my interest quite a bit.
“When I look at this, something doesn’t seem right. Why isn’t he at Arsenal, even if he’s simply getting over an injury, I wonder. You would undoubtedly want him working with the club doctors. It is not logical. Why does he continue to travel constantly?
“If you have been away from the club that pays your salaries for the entire summer and are still healing from an injury, you should return to the club, or the club that pays your money wants you to be there so they can keep an eye on you. They can keep an eye on your recovery from this accident.
It sounds a little strange, like management talk. This summer, several players suffered injuries, and they have been recovering at Arsenal. This summer, I just don’t see Nicolas Pepe having any future at Arsenal. Finding a solution to his predicament will be what is happening behind the scenes. There are no proposals pending. The connections to Sauid appear to have broken off; this feels strange.
Pepe is only responsible for himself.
The problem Spotrac, who earns £140,000 a week, is facing is that he is on a short list of players who have failed to perform under Arteta.
People who Arteta collaborated with for an extended period of time, from Bukayo Saka to Granit Xhaka, demonstrated their actual value and raised their levels.
No more so than Saka on the right channel, while Pepe battled and showed that he is not even close to the England star’s talent and that he only has himself to blame given his difficulties following his high-profile move.