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#3 Nicolas Pepe is void of confidence
Arsenal’s £72milliion signing Nicolas Pepe hasn’t had the best of starts to life in English football. The Ivorian winger has struggled to find form in a team that lacks identity; he has only scored three goals in 16 games this season, all from dead-ball situations.
Today against Southampton, the 24-year-old came on for Calum Chambers at half time, as Emery looked to change from a 3-5-2 to a 4-2-3-1. And for the first five minutes, the switch seemed to have made an impact as Pepe’s exuberance made the Saints defenders back off.
In fact, Pepe found himself through on goal early in the half, only for him to try and square the ball to Mesut Özil instead. The Pepe of last season would have never passed in that position, just reiterating the fact that he’s completely void of confidence right now.
