Nicolas Pepe has completed a move to Arsenal for a reported £72m from French side Lille, signing a five-year deal.
Pepe gave his first interview with the club about which players excite him, and his praise of strikers Alexander Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is thrilling the Gooners.
When asked which players sprang to mind when thinking who he’d play alongside, Pepe said: “The French guys who play here. Then I also thought of Özil, the world champions, Lacazette, Aubameyang and many more.” (Source: Arsenal)
Aubameyang and Lacazette combined to score 35 of Arsenal’s 69 goals in the Premier League last season, according to WhoScored.com.
It seems the mouths of Arsenal fans are watering at the prospect of watching Arsenal’s new look forward trio of Pepe, Lacazette and Aubameyang.
Here is a selection of tweets following the comments by the Ivorian:
— nαhíd (@nahidhsynli) August 1, 2019
Deadly trio pic.twitter.com/aAzDb44bko
— Juni (@Junii_6) August 1, 2019
— ICES (@AkpongE) August 1, 2019
Kieran Tierney can’t wait to meet his new teammates i.e; Aubameyang, Lacazette and Pepe. What a summer we are having. #Afc #Arsenal pic.twitter.com/wGrBBUFQye
— Arsenal True Fans (@arsenal_true) August 2, 2019
Lacazette Aubameyang And pepe on their way to the training ground today @Aubameyang7 @LacazetteAlex pic.twitter.com/CpTJtnsFK3
— J1 (@ClockEndJack) August 2, 2019
Premier League defences when they come up against Aubameyang, Lacazette and Pépé pic.twitter.com/72fUFebqlQ
— I (@akhtar9i) August 2, 2019
