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Arsenal forward Nicolas Pepe has joined Ligue 1 side Nice on a season-long loan deal.
The Ivory Coast international, who arrived from Lille in August 2019 for a club-record fee of £72million (€79m), returns to France as he links up with Lucien Favre’s side for the 2022-23 campaign.
Pepe was presented to supporters at Allianz Riviera prior to the second leg of Nice’s Europa Conference League play-off tie with Maccabi Tel Aviv, where the French side are aiming to overturn a 1-0 deficit.
The forward has racked up 111 appearances across all competitions during his three seasons at the Emirates Stadium, scoring 27 goals, and will link up with another former Gunner Aaron Ramsey.
However, the 26-year-old has struggled to nail down a regular starting berth in recent times, starting just five Premier League games last season under Mikel Arteta.
And Pepe did not play a single minute during the early stages of this campaign, appearing as an unused substitute during the top-flight victories over Crystal Palace and Leicester City.
Pepe will hope he can make his debut for Nice when they welcome Marseille in Ligue 1 on Sunday.
