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title: "Arsenal: Fans excited after Nicolas Pepe’s comments"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/arsenal-fans-excited-after-nicolas-pepes-comments/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Uways Nisar"
section: "Arsenal Football Club"
published: "2019-08-03T13:10:44Z"
modified: "2019-08-03T13:10:44Z"
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# Arsenal: Fans excited after Nicolas Pepe’s comments

**Nicolas Pepe has completed a move to Arsenal for a reported [£72m from French side Lille](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49197553), 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)](https://www.arsenal.com/news/nicolas-pepe-first-interview)

Aubameyang and Lacazette combined to score 35 of Arsenal’s 69 goals in the Premier League last season, [according to WhoScored.com.](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/13/Show/England-Arsenal)

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:

> [pic.twitter.com/bLIPqQhA2x](https://t.co/bLIPqQhA2x)
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> — nαhíd (@nahidhsynli) [August 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/nahidhsynli/status/1157002023147114496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Deadly trio [pic.twitter.com/aAzDb44bko](https://t.co/aAzDb44bko)
>
> — Juni (@Junii\_6) [August 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/Junii_6/status/1157002745758400513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> [pic.twitter.com/vpRpE0JBEw](https://t.co/vpRpE0JBEw)
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> — ICES (@AkpongE) [August 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/AkpongE/status/1157002014972436482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Kieran Tierney can’t wait to meet his new teammates i.e; Aubameyang, Lacazette and Pepe. What a summer we are having. [#Afc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Afc?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#Arsenal](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Arsenal?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/wGrBBUFQye](https://t.co/wGrBBUFQye)
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> — Arsenal True Fans (@arsenal\_true) [August 2, 2019](https://twitter.com/arsenal_true/status/1157275261345439744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Lacazette Aubameyang And pepe on their way to the training ground today [@Aubameyang7](https://twitter.com/Aubameyang7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@LacazetteAlex](https://twitter.com/LacazetteAlex?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/CpTJtnsFK3](https://t.co/CpTJtnsFK3)
>
> — J1 (@ClockEndJack) [August 2, 2019](https://twitter.com/ClockEndJack/status/1157254035445112834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Premier League defences when they come up against Aubameyang, Lacazette and Pépé [pic.twitter.com/72fUFebqlQ](https://t.co/72fUFebqlQ)
>
> — I (@akhtar9i) [August 2, 2019](https://twitter.com/akhtar9i/status/1157215316960825344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)