Arsenal sign Ivory Coast winger Pepe

FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP

Arsenal have signed Nicolas Pepe for a club record fee of £72 million (AED 320 million).

The 24-year-old from Ivory Coast has signed a five-year contract after successfully passing a medical test earlier this week. 

He was bought from French Ligue 1 club Lille. 

Pepe is now the fourth most expensive signing in Premier League history. 

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