Although Nicolas Pepe's Arsenal career appears to be over, the Gunners still have a vested interest in hoping the Ivorian plays well while he's back in Ligue 1.
Pepe arrived in the summer of 2019 amid much excitement as Arsenal's record signing for a fee of £72 million from Lille. However, he failed to ever make a consistent impression across three years in North London. There were multiple reasons for this, such as a change in manager, the emergence of Bukayo Saka, the language barrier, COVID lockdown and a lack of European games to prove himself.
But when last season came to a close, it was no surprise when talk began to emerge that he was no longer part of Mikel Arteta's plans.
