Were Arsenal right to pick Nicolas Pepe over Wilfried Zaha?
Were Arsenal right to pick Nicolas Pepe over Wilfried Zaha? by Josh Graham We’ve all made 50:50 calls that have backfired. But should Arsenal regret making Nicolas Pepe the club’s £72million record signing from Lille in 2019 when they had the chance to land boyhood Gooner and Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha? The 28-year-old has another chance to show the Gunners what they are missing when the two sides face off at Selhurst Park tonight. Arsenal messed up by overlooking Zaha Zaha previously revealed how ex-Arsenal boss Unai Emery told him the club were interested in bringing him to North London, something he wanted to happen, before he was overlooked in favour of his Ivory Coast teammate. He told Jamie Carragher's Greatest Game podcast: "He said he had seen me play; he knows I can change games at any time. "He was like, 'yeah we’d love to have you' and I was just like 'yeah, I would love to come'. "Obviously it was up to the club who they chos...