Nicolas Pepe left Ivory Coast because of an injury, right?

The Ivory Coast national team recently announced the return of Nicolas Pepe to Arsenal because of an injury. But the public does not seem to believe that reason.

The 24-year-old has received a call to strengthen the national team against Benin in a friendly match. A few days later, they will face Tunisia at the same event.

But recently, Ivory Coast said Nicolas Pepe will miss both matches. The reason, former Lille penggawa was injured.

"Nicolas Pepe, injured when he was with his club, came to announce his announcement Wednesday afternoon," the national team's release on his official website was quoted by Metro as saying.

Pepe's injury, really?

But the statement seems suspicious to the public. The reason is that Pepe has had no problems in Arsenal's last two matches against Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur.

Even Pepe also played for 90 minutes in both games. In the fight against Spurs, which took place last weekend, the attacker also had no physical problems.

According to reports, Arsenal and Ivory Coast have agreed that Pepe will not participate in these two international matches. It is hoped that players will be able to spend more time in training sessions with the team.


On the footsteps of Ronaldo

Pepe can take advantage of the international break this time to strengthen his collaboration with other Arsenal players. The same thing was done by Cristiano Ronaldo when he joined Juventus in 2018.

As we know, the winner of five Gold Cups has asked the Portugal national team not to write his name in a series of international matches. Because, at the time, Ronaldo was trying to improve his performance, which was not very successful.

The results also look good. Ronaldo managed to close the season with a collection of 21 goals and eight assists in 31 appearances in Serie A. In addition, Ronaldo also helped Juventus retain the Serie A title for the eighth time.

The same fate could happen to Pepe if he decides to be absent from the national team for a while. In addition, his action with two other Arsenal strikers, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette, is expected by loyal supporters of the Gunners.

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