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Former Arsenal forward Nicolas Pepe has revealed the 'trauma' of his spell in north London almost led to him quitting football.shelled out the huge sum for Pepe after he registered 22 goals and 11 assists in the 2018/19 Ligue 1 season, being outscored only by ex-Paris Saint Germain star
The winger said that his hefty price tag led to unrealistically high expectations of him and his abilities, as he explained: "I hadn't asked Arsenal to pay £72m for me."With a fee that high people don't care what level you come from - they just want you to perform straight away. "I wasn't going to roll over the Premier League like that. But that's what brought me this wave of criticism."
He said: "It was almost harassment. I don't look at social media much, but if my brother told me, 'This is what they said about you,' it would affect me unconsciously.
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