Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has challenged Nicolas Pepe to meet his rigorous demands if he wants to return to the Arsenal starting line-up.
The Ivorian winger is the Gunners' record signing having been signed for £72million from Lille last summer, but has failed to pin down a regular sport in the club's starting eleven since arriving in north London.
Pepe was dropped from the Gunners' line-up which lost to Manchester City on Wednesday, as teenage youngster Bukayo Saka started in the 22-year-old's usual right-wing role.
Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta (right) has called on Nicolas Pepe (left) to be more consistent
Speaking before Arsenal trip away to Brighton on Saturday, Arteta told Metro: 'It's clear that his [Pepe's] consistency has not been at the level he can produce,'
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'He's the first to accept that.