Arsenal outcast Nicolas Pepe has been lauded by teammate Gaeten Laborde after taking on a new central attacking role for OGC Nice.
Pepe was shipped out on loan to the Ligue 1 outfit in the summer after failing to live up to expectations at the Emirates following his club-record £72million switch from Lille back in 2019.
Despite an indifferent start to life in France, the 27-year-old Ivorian winger has established himself as a key player in Lucian Favre's team, starting all but two of their 13 league games so far this term; however, Pepe has been tasked with filling a new role in recent weeks in the wake of an injury to Laborde's regular striker partner, Andy Delort.
