NICOLAS PEPE may very well be the following large title to depart Arsenal for nothing.
The Gunners are able to ditch the £72million report signing and even worry having to pay to ensure that him to go.
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If Pepe does depart Arsenal this summer time, the Gunners can have misplaced £340million price of signings with out making again a penny within the time since Mikel Arteta took over.
Whereas issues on the pitch are wanting rosy with Arsenal high of the Premier League, off the pitch Arteta has not been afraid to flush out large names on large contracts.
Since he took over in 2019, ten gamers have left the membership for nothing.
And right here they’re…
Mesut Ozil
Signed for £42.5million in 2013, Mesut Ozil spent seven-and-a-half years on the Emirates.
His contract was terminated six months early in 2021, however the playmaker nonetheless helped the Gunners to 4 FA Cups in his 254 appearances for the membership.
German World Cup winner Ozil retired from skilled soccer earlier this month.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
After being stripped of the Arsenal captaincy in December 2021, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang left for nothing simply weeks later.
Like Ozil, he additionally had his contract ripped up early and agreed to depart the membership by mutual consent, initially becoming a member of Barcelona earlier than transferring on to Chelsea final summer time.
Alexandre Lacazette
French striker Alexandre Lacazette adopted Aubameyang out of the door 5 months later.
After becoming a member of the membership in 2017 for £47million, he was allowed to depart for nothing when his contract expired final summer time.
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Henrikh Mkhitaryan joined the Gunners in a part of the swap deal that noticed Alexis Sanchez head to Manchester United.
He was shipped off to Roma on mortgage 18 months later, and joined the Italians completely the next marketing campaign when his Arsenal contract was cancelled by mutual consent in September 2020.
Shkodran Mustafi
German defender Shkodran Mustafi had his contract cancelled by mutual consent in February 2021.
He initially joined the membership for £35m in 2016, successful the FA Cup twice and making 151 appearances for the membership.
Sokratis Papastathopoulos
Yet one more to have his contract cancelled early by mutual consent, Sokratis Papastathopoulos left Arsenal in January 2021.
Now at Greek facet Olympiacos, the 34-year-old made 69 appearances for the Gunners in two-and-a-half years on the membership.
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Sead Kolasinac
Left-back Sead Kolasinac had his contract ripped up and left by mutual consent in January 2022, permitting him to affix French membership Marseille.
The 29-year-old performed 118 occasions for the Gunners after becoming a member of from German facet Schalke in June 2017.
Hector Bellerin
Lengthy-time Arsenal servant Hector Bellerin spent ten years on the Emirates earlier than leaving in Septemer 2022.
He had his contract terminated by mutual consent and joined Barcelona after spending the season earlier than on mortgage at Actual Betis, and is at the moment on mortgage at Sporting from Barca.
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Calum Chambers
Versatile defender Calum Chambers joined Arsenal from Southampton in 2014.
He spent seven-and-a-half years on the membership earlier than finishing a free switch to Aston Villa in January 2022
David Luiz
After leaving Chelsea for a second time, Brazilian defender David Luiz spent two seasons at Arsenal from 2019-2021.
He left the Emirates for nothing when his contract expired on the finish of the 2020-21 marketing campaign, successful an FA Cup in his 73 appearances for the membership.