Arsenal morning headlines as advantage gained in Moussa Diaby transfer race, Pepe promise

Arsenal hold transfer advantage in the race for Moussa Diaby - report

Mikel Arteta is interested in signing Bayer Leverkusen winger Moussa Diaby, and Arsenal’s strong relationship with the player’s agent could put them in pole position to complete a deal, according to Le10sport.

Diaby has enjoyed an impressive debut campaign in German football following his move from Paris Saint-Germain last summer, scoring five goals and providing eight assists. Champions League fans from all over the world can buy online Champions League Tickets to enjoy its stunning performances.

He attracted particular attention for his two assists on Monday night against Werder Bremen, and indeed global interest in the 20-year-old will only increase while the Bundesliga remains the only major European league playing football.

Diaby, who would reportedly cost around £26million, is also wanted by Borussia Dortmund and may wish to continue his development in Germany.

Ian Wright publicly suggested Arsenal should sign three specific footballers last summer and the club ended up buying one of them, Nicolas Pepe from Lille.

Wright was advising how then manager Unai Emery could improve on the side that had narrowly missed out on Champions League football in 2018/19 by losing the Europa League final to Chelsea.

After first naming Ben Chilwell and Youri Tielemans as players who could help the Gunners, Wright then heaped praise on Lille’s young winger.

“And Nicolas Pepe at Lille,” he told The Mirror “That kind of winger with his intensity pace and skill. Those are the kind of players that are going to improve any team if I'm totally honest.”

Pepe later joined for £72m, and while his debut campaign in England hasn’t gone quite to plan the 24-year-old is improving rapidly under Mikel Arteta.

Pepe promises refugee children to use their suggested new goal celebration

Winger Pepe has revealed the thinking behind his previous goal celebrations in an Arsenal shirt and promised a new one when the football returns.

Speaking to refugee children to help promote Coaching for Life, a project that links Arsenal with Save the Children to provide football coaching in the Za’atari Refugee Camp in Indonesia, Pepe talked through the signs he has made after scoring goals.

“The two came from jokes with my friends,” he told Arsenal’s official website. “I was chatting to them and we were trying to come up with a new celebration.”

The children then suggested he adopt a new one, based on a movie - called The Kamehameha from the Dragon Ball cartoon series. The hand gesture involves putting the wrists together and fanning the hands outwards.

“Easy! Is that the one you want me to do?” Pepe said, “For them the children, of course!”

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