The player in question is Nicolas Pepe.
Pepe joined Arsenal in the summer of 2019 from Lille. The Gunners paid a club-record £72m to bring the Ivorian to north London.
And though a player, of course, has no control over his price tag, to say that Pepe has since failed to come anywhere close to justifying such a fee would be putting it lightly.
Both Unai Emery – who has made public that he in fact wanted to sign Wilfried Zaha over Pepe – and Mikel Arteta, struggled to get the best out of the wide-man.
Pepe had a bright end to the 2020/21 Premier League campaign, which saw him net five times in his last three league outings of the season.
However, he has since struggled to emulate that form. He scored just one goal and provided two assists in 20 league outings across 2021/22 before being shipped off on loan in 2022/23.
He also revealed that he is unsure of his future and he will hold talks with the manager regarding his long-term future at Arsenal.
He said: “Because I was loaned with a loan without an option to buy, I have to go back to Arsenal. After that, we don’t know. Go back there, see, speak with the manager and everyone to see everyone’s ideas, and only then make a decision.”
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