Arsenal fans have had a crazy week following their club
Arsenal are closing in on the signing of Ivory Coast winger Nicolas Pepe from Lille.
According to BBC Sports correspondent David Ornstein, the Gunners have agreed a £72 million deal with Lille.
The fee will be paid in instalments to fit Arsenal’s budget. Pepe will sign a five-year contract at the Emirates Stadium.
And all of a sudden, Arsenal fans are excited.
The summer hasn’t been the easiest for the north London club. They’ve seen Aaron Ramsey depart on a free and captain Laurent Koscielny refuse to go on their pre-season tour.
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But, in the space of a week, the entire mood surrounding Arsenal has been lifted.
Arsenal's eventful week
On Thursday, the club announced the arrivals of midfielder Dani Ceballos on loan from Real Madrid and centre-back William Saliba in a £27 million deal from Saint-Etienne.
On the same day, Sead Kolasinac was hailed as a hero after fighting off two armed assailants in a suspected robbery attempt.
That was after Mesut Ozil, who was driving the car with Kolasinac when it was ambushed, destroyed a Tottenham fan on Twitter.
The Tottenham supporter captioned a photo of his side ‘What why tf was Özil in our team photo???’, alluding to the apparent gap in the line-up.
Ozil responded: “If you look closely... you can see your trophy cabinet... #YaGunnersYa.”
And a deal for Kieran Tierney is seemingly close, too. On Friday, ESPN Brazil reported that Arsenal have reached an agreement to sign the Scottish left-back from Celtic.
Life for Arsenal fans is never dull. But this week has been even crazier than usual.
The only downside was a defeat to Real Madrid in the International Champions Cup on Wednesday.
But given that it was just a pre-season friendly, nobody’s losing any sleep over that.
And, of course, it’s been followed by new signings, Kolasinac proving himself to be a warrior and Ozil ending Spurs.
Arsenal supporters won’t be forgetting July 22nd-July 28th, 2019 for a while.
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