Arsenal signed Pepe in 2019 after a sensational season with Lille, during which he scored 23 goals and managed 12 assists, but he never approached the same strike rate in England.

With the goal, Pepe became the second-oldest player to score in a World Cup. At 39 years, 283 days, he trails just Roger Milla of Cameroon who scored in the 1994 tournament at 42 years and 39 days.

But Pepe then shot himself in the foot by being sent off for a headbutt away to Leeds United at the end of November, and for a while after that he was restricted to appearances in the Europa League.

It had been Pepe's childhood dream to join Arsenal having been gifted a Thierry Henry shirt by his brother. He still managed 24 goals and 15 assists in 91 matches during his first two seasons in ...

Pepe may have dreams of a NJSIAA title, but the 5-foot-7½ junior head coach Will Nahan describes only as "a football player" is more engrossed in incremental goals – the little things that will ...

But for all the praise regarding Pepe’s longevity, having made 38 appearances last season and won the Portuguese Cup, he is still perceived by many as merely a destroyer and a s***house.

Pepe - who went on to help Ivory Coast to the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations this summer - picked up the club's player of the season award and earned a spot in the Ligue 1 team of the ...

Pepe - who went on to help Ivory Coast to the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations this summer - picked up the club's player of the season award and earned a spot in the Ligue 1 team of the ...