I don't like how Pepe's story is being rewritten.
Price tag aside he was actually a decent player for Arsenal and has done more in an Arsenal shirt than someone like Reiss who is getting a new four year deal.
He also had better seasons at Arsenal than a Sancho/Antony have had but he gets lumped in with them as a big money flop.
He almost hit 20 goals in his best season ffs.
It's a strange situation I have to think our refusal to at least keep him in the squad last season has something to do with appearance addons.
Only thing that makes sense to me but obviously since the start of last season we have moved on from him.
If he cost half of his transfer fee, then most would be fine with him. I think issue is when you spend 70m on a player you're expecting him to be a top player. I do agree he's done much more than Sancho/Anthony on those players are most likely being viewed as flops if they don't improve this season.
Annyways, I think the main issue with Pepe is him being a 70m player, and being replaced by a youngster who happens to be a top 5 player in his position. I think Saka being as good as he was made Pepe redudant, but I don't think he was that awful of a player. It's just that he very unlikely he would live up to transfer fee. He averaged 11 Goal contribution a season, and may have been a decent squad player. It's just that timing is everything and there was no way to unseat Saka