Record-Breaking Splash: Arsenal's Monumental Move for Ivorian Star Nicolas Pepe
The Gunners will smash their transfer record to sign the Ivorian from Lille and the transfer is set to have a huge knock-on effect at the Emirates
Not since the purchase of Mesut Ozil in 2013 has a signing generated as much excitement at Arsenal as the arrival of Nicolas Pepe.
The Ivory Coast international has spent the past 24 hours in north London undergoing his medical and finalising his club record £72 million ($87m) move from Lille.
It’s a fee that smashes Arsenal’s previous transfer record, which had been set by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s £56m ($68m) switch from Borussia Dortmund in 2018.
