Mr. 80 million returns to the Premier League? The lessons from the past are enough, don’t be obsessed with him!

According to the well-known French media Foot Mercato, Nicola Pepe has attracted the interest of Wolves and Everton with his outstanding performance in La Liga this season, and has a great hope of returning to the Premier League.

A frustrated person in the Premier League, La Liga is a romantic

As one of the most failed investments in Arsenal's Premier League era, Nicola Pepe's net worth once reached 80 million euros. Unfortunately, this Lille's killer has never proved himself at the Emirates Stadium, and his performance after switching to Trabzon Sports and Nice is also relatively average. This season, the career trajectory of the Ivory Coast international seems to have shown a trend of upward trend - after getting rid of the trouble of muscle injuries, Nicola Pepe became a key pawn in Villarreal's offensive system, and coach Marcellino praised him.

The body cannot keep up, the value cannot play 24 appearances, including 12 starts, participating in 7 goals (2 goals and 5 assists), averaging 1 threatening goal and 0.9 breakthroughs per game, winning 3.1 confrontations, and passing success rate is 83%... Nikola Pepe's data in La Liga are not good. However, considering that Marcellino's tactics are relatively conservative and pragmatic, Nicola Pepe's efficiency is already good, and his ball-control skills and ability to control cannot be fully quantified with data.

When he was in Ligue 1, Nikola Pepe's skills, consciousness and physical fitness were enough to crush his opponents, but these advantages seemed a little insufficient after they arrived in the Premier League. Pepe in the Arsenal era performed mediocrely in the Premier League and was very good after the UEFA Cup stage. This contrast fully demonstrates that Mr. 80 million is not as capable as the giant team, but he can be worthy of the mid-to-high-level teams in Ligue 1 and La Liga.

Stay in La Liga and play the "remaining heat"

From Nikola Pepe's performance this season, it can be seen that his physical fitness is still declining further and rapidly. He has lost the ability to create opportunities as a winger and can only hold the ball more to move towards the middle and ribs. Both Wolves and Everton are teams that need the "big core" in the frontcourt to carry everyone forward. Nicola Pepe is obviously not the right candidate to shoulder this important task. Staying at Villarreal to welcome his first Champions League trip is the most pragmatic choice for him.