Country: England
Player:Rice
For me Pepe is a moments player. He did the basics well enough yesterday, though was generally quite quiet and played that absolute beauty of a through ball to Laca for the pen.
I think that's the type of player Pepe is. He's not got the well rounded game of a Saka, ESR or Ødegaard. He'll be fairly anonymous and then pop up with an occasional moment of brilliance that few other Arsenal players can match.
For the role he has currently that's absolutely fine. I think at this stage we've just got to try and put his transfer fee out of our minds and judge him for what he is to us, an impact player / squad option.
I think that's the type of player Pepe is. He's not got the well rounded game of a Saka, ESR or Ødegaard. He'll be fairly anonymous and then pop up with an occasional moment of brilliance that few other Arsenal players can match.
For the role he has currently that's absolutely fine. I think at this stage we've just got to try and put his transfer fee out of our minds and judge him for what he is to us, an impact player / squad option.