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Daily Mirror
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Tom Blow

Unai Emery's stinging criticism of Nicolas Pepe transfer and Wilfried Zaha's response

Nicolas Pepe's Arsenal nightmare has finally come to an end.

The Ivory Coast international, 27, joined Nice on a season-long loan on Thursday, ending his three-year spell at the Emirates. He still has two years left on his deal and could see out the final 12 months of it in London, yet it seems unlikely he'll play for the Gunners again.

Pepe will forever be known as one of the biggest flops in Premier League history. He cost Arsenal a whopping £72million when he arrived from Lille in August 2019 but scored just 27 goals for the club, with only three of those coming last season.

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