Unai Emery gives Nicolas Pepe the verdict and admits that Arsenal is working on three new signatures

Arsenal manager Unai Emery admitted that the club was working on the addition of three additional players before the deadline for transfers next Thursday. A center back, a middle and a winger – generally considered to be Nicolas Pepe of LOSC Lille – waiting.

It was thought that gunners were working with a £ 40 million exhausted transfer budget this summer, but it has become apparent in recent weeks that this might not be the case as they would be close to a contract of 72 million pounds for Pepe. already recruited on loan Dani Ceballos and ensured the safety of William Saliba to ASSE.

And it seems that spending does not stop there. After the 2-1 defeat of the Emirates Cup in Lyon on Sunday, the boss admitted that there were three other contracts in preparation. The Celtic left back Kieran Tierney.

"We decide how we can improve, "he said, via the club Official website, when asked to give his opinion on the defensive signatures.. "At first, we thought we would make a player to sign, but only if we can really, really improve that position.

"It's a center, a middle and a winger, and we're going to try to do that, we think the same way, I want a better team than last year so that the players can do a lot with us this season." .

"We also have a very good team, only players who can improve and help the team will be recruited."

On Pepe in particular, Emery suggested that he was actually one of the players in the study, while praising the Ivorian clinic and what he might bring to the team.

"There are different players on the table with the possibility that we can achieve their signature," he said.

"Pepe is a very good player and we only think of the players who can really, really improve this team and also give us different conditions to improve ourselves."