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Arteta vows to help Pepe avoid £72m flop tag as Arsenal seek to find spark in record signing

The Gunners boss believes an Ivorian winger that has struggled for form in English football can prove his worth with the right support

Mikel Arteta has vowed to help Nicolas Pepe succeed at Arsenal, with the Gunners boss confident that the out-of-sorts winger can avoid becoming a £72 million ($97m) flop.

A highly-rated forward snapped up in a club-record deal during the summer of 2019 is dangerously close to tumbling into that category.

Despite being at Emirates Stadium for 18 months, Pepe is yet to convince and make the impact expected of him when he completed a big-money move from Lille.