Mikel Arteta has an actual headache on his arms relating to Nicolas Pepe. The Ivorian hasn't hit the bottom working since becoming a member of the Gunners for a club-record price of £72million again in 2019 and appears set to go away this summer season. But offloading him will show to be a troublesome job.

Pepe's wage expectations after banking £140,000 per week at Arsenal are certain to show off quite a lot of potential suitors and with just one yr remaining on his deal on the Emirates, many golf equipment will likely be far keener to attend till they'll snap him up on a free subsequent summer season.

Arsenal need to recoup a few of the cash they paid for him 4 years in the past. Sending him out on mortgage once more, like they did final season to Nice, is not an possibility.

However, in an effort to appeal to golf equipment to signal Pepe they are going to absolutely need to put him within the store window by giving him minutes throughout Arsenal's pre-season tour of America.

Pepe returned to London Colney final week to coach with the primary crew and is anticipated to be named in Arteta's 30-man squad, which must be launched within the coming days. Last yr it got here out on July 13.

That being stated, Pepe wasn't noticed travelling over to Germany with the crew as they put together for his or her pre-season tour with a coaching camp at Adidas headquarters.

According to the Daily Cannon, the next gamers had been seen boarding a non-public jet to northern Europe: Runar Alex Runarsson, Aaron Ramsdale, Karl Hein, Rob Holding, Ben White, Takehiro Tomiyasu, William Saliba, Reuell Walters, Auston Trusty, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Kieran Tierney, Gabriel Magalhaes, Cedric Soares, Jakub Kiwior, Martin Odegaard, Mohamed Elneny, Jorginho, Kai Havertz, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Ethan Nwaneri, Fabio Vieira, Thomas Partey, Gabriel Jesus, Leandro Trossard, Reiss Nelson, Folarin Balogun, Gabriel Martinelli, Eddie Nketiah, Marquinhos and Bukayo Saka.

This record solely accounts for 29 gamers so it might be that Pepe was on the aircraft however simply wasn't picked up by cameras. Regardless it's understood that he does not have a spot in Arteta's long-term imaginative and prescient.

Speaking to Colinterview in a latest interview, Pepe stated of his future: "I will return to Arsenal. I was loaned without an option to buy so I have to go back to Arsenal.

"I do not know [about my future] but. When I get again, I’ll communicate with the coach and everybody and see what everybody's concepts are after which we'll decide."

Arsenal will likely be hoping {that a} membership can come ahead to supply them some cash for Pepe to keep away from dropping much more on their £72m flop.