Nicolas Pepe acknowledges significant assistance he received from Mikel Arteta

Nicolas Pepe has struggled to make a notable impact at the Emirates Stadium

Nicolas Pepe has acknowledged the significant assistance he received from his manager Mikel Arteta.

Pepe has struggled to make a notable impact at the Emirates Stadium and was loaned out to Nice during the previous season. His future at Arsenal remains uncertain.

Nicolas Pepe said via Planet Sport:

“He helped me in every way, on a tactical level, in terms of game intelligence because his philosophy requires a lot of intelligence. He knew my style of play wasn’t waiting in possession, it was cutting inside, it wasn’t waiting out on the right.

“Before, I was a bit freer. I had to wait in my zone, and I wasn’t like that before. These are parts of my game that he tried to improve. He always wanted to help me with all of that.”

Pepe has simply been too poor for us and the Ivorian knows he has missed his chance to make a name with our shirt.

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