Nicolas Pepe Sends Message To Mikel Arteta Over His Arsenal Future
icolas Pepe has hinted he is ready to stay and fight for his place at Arsenal this season.
Pepe is part of the Gunners squad currently in the US as part of Arsenal’s pre-season tour, featuring in all three games against Everton, Orlando City and Chelsea.
Ahead of the club’s return to the UK, the 27-year-old has suggested he is ready to fight for a first-team role under Mikel Arteta.
‘I worked hard during the summer. Changed a lot of things,’ Pepe wrote on Instagram.
‘I’m focused and determined with Arsenal and my teammates.’
Pepe struggled for a first-team role last season with Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Emile Smith Rowe among those ahead of him in the pecking order.
Arsenal have further strengthened in attacking positions this summer with Gabriel Jesus and Fabio Vieira arriving at the club from Manchester City and Porto respectively.
Arsenal ended their pre-season tour with a thumping 4-0 win over Chelsea in Florida with Oleksandr Zinchenko making his Gunners debut he really did well in the game and you could see the he has caught up immediately with his team mates already, we are just expecting him to more than what he did in the game.
‘He was desperate to play and I knew that,’ Arteta said of his newest recruit. ‘It was a maximum 45 minutes but you could see straight away he was comfortable and confident with the club now.
‘He understands everything that I want, he understands the process and I and i understand he will do what i want thought he had a really good game.’
Arsenal will now return to London and face Spanish side Sevilla at the Emirates next weekend before starting their Premier League campaign against Crystal Palace on 5 August.
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