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29-year-old Ivorian winger, Nicolas Pépé bounced back this summer with Villarreal. Solid in Spain under the orders of Marcelino, he found color (8 appearances, 1 goal and 1 offering). After his difficult experience at Arsenal and mixed spells at Nice and Trabzonspor, the former Lille player could nevertheless have bounced back with the Mastiffs.
Indeed in an interview for Free Footballhe admitted that he could have returned to the Mastiffs where he exploded between 2017 and 2019: “I had an opportunity to make my return to Lille. It tempted me. I thought about it because my family lives in Lille so it’s something that crossed my mind.”
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