If paying £72m for Pepe is what it took to get Raul out and get new people in place, worth every penny
‘Declined in value’ is a very polite way to say ‘massively over paid for a bang average player’.
I’ll always comment this, but he was a better player than he gets memed for. Averaged something like 50 GA in about 110 appearances. Not that bad. He was just never a 70M player and didn’t really fit, particularly when Arteta came in. Not sure I’ve wanted and willed a player to work out more, other than the prayers I’m currently saying for Emile.
The whole deal was pure corruption. Just Raul putting money into Kia’s pocket rather than actually improving Arsenal
If Pepe had come in the way Trossard did – on a reasonable fee with a reasonable salary and reasonable expectations – then he’d probably still be here.
Give him more time
There must have been something in his scouting to surely justify that transfer fee? 35 goals in 74 appearances is great in Ligue 1 but is it worth 70 million odd? I always think that these big money signings really should be proven in a proper league (not the French).
Watching Danny Devito fleece Arsenal was funny af. Him and Kia are a pair of complete frauds.
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If paying £72m for Pepe is what it took to get Raul out and get new people in place, worth every penny
‘Declined in value’ is a very polite way to say ‘massively over paid for a bang average player’.
I’ll always comment this, but he was a better player than he gets memed for. Averaged something like 50 GA in about 110 appearances. Not that bad. He was just never a 70M player and didn’t really fit, particularly when Arteta came in. Not sure I’ve wanted and willed a player to work out more, other than the prayers I’m currently saying for Emile.
The whole deal was pure corruption. Just Raul putting money into Kia’s pocket rather than actually improving Arsenal
If Pepe had come in the way Trossard did – on a reasonable fee with a reasonable salary and reasonable expectations – then he’d probably still be here.
Give him more time
There must have been something in his scouting to surely justify that transfer fee? 35 goals in 74 appearances is great in Ligue 1 but is it worth 70 million odd? I always think that these big money signings really should be proven in a proper league (not the French).
Watching Danny Devito fleece Arsenal was funny af. Him and Kia are a pair of complete frauds.