DBasia.news – The Gunners aka Arsenal broke the club transfer record. The record broke when they inaugurated the transfer of Nicolas Pepe from Lille.
Nicolas Pepe looks impressive with Lille throughout the 2018-2019 season. That makes several top European teams eyeing the services of the 24-year-old player.
Three Premier League giants, Liverpool, Arsenal, and Manchester United plus Napoli eyeing Nicolas Pepe. In the end, the Gunners became the club that secured Pepe’s services.
At first, Napoli had the lead in the hunt for Nicolas Pepe. However, the player is reportedly not interested in playing for I Partenopei.
Arsenal must break the club’s purchase record to bring Nicolas Pepe. The Ivorian was brought in with a tag of 72 million pounds.
This amount beat the transfer of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Arsenal only spent 55 million pounds when recruiting Aubameyang from Borussia Dortmund.
Nicolas Pepe’s arrival was immediately welcomed by Unai Emery, “Pepe is a player with high talent and my attacker is great. Many teams want him.”
“Getting great players in wing positions is our goal in the transfer market this time. I am glad Nicolas Pepe joined Arsenal,” he continued.
Arsenal have not announced how long is Nicolas Pepe’s contract. However, the 24-year-old player will use number 19 at the Emirates Stadium.