Not only do they play differently and they’re not at the same stage of their careers.
Pepe was Lille’s best player who were competing with PSG for the title, he was also one of the most in-form forwards in Europe.
Nico is one of the biggest talents in world football. Closer to Mudryk context-wise and stylistically.
Pepe would a be a closer comparison for Gyokeres context-wise. You could even make an argument that stylistically they both relied quite a bit on goals in transition and statpadded quite a bit with penalties.
His name has really faded when it comes to Barca. Raphinha’s form definitely a factor and they seem to be exploring signing Rashford instead. Ship serms to have sailed(for now).
PSG who were keen last summer are already sorted in that position. I don’t see Serie A teams affording him. Bayern is probably the only team that could from Bundesliga but they’re keen on getting Wirtz.
Huge opening for PL sides to finally land him. Us and Chelsea are definitely in the mix and I can see City and Liverpool looking at him considering they’re also looking at forwards.
I can’t blame footballers for trying to make a lot of money but signing a new contract with a bigger release clause would show a lack of ambition to me. If he ups his release clause to 80-90m plus increases his wages further (I assume the 10m euro annually mentioned is after tax so thats like 20m euro before tax, which would be 325k pounds per week) its essentially pricing himself out of a future move unless he goes nuts and genuinely becomes one of the best players in the world, which seems unlikely.
