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Unai Emery has revealed that signing Nicolas Pepe from Lille was a “key objective” for Arsenal. The 24-year-old Ivory Coast international joins for an undisclosed fee, believed to be worth a club-record £72million. Pepe’s move eclipses the £55million spent on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in January 2018 as the Gunners add another …

Arsenal are poised to break their club-record transfer fee on Lille winger Nicolas Pepe after agreeing a €80m (£72m) deal with the Ligue 1 club. In what is a significant move away from priority target Wilfried Zaha, Arsenal are ready to break the existing record of the £60m that the …