Nicolas Pepe is doing individual training work to help him adapt to life at Arsenal.
The Ivory Coast international joined from Lille over the summer having scored 22 goals in Ligue 1 last season.
Pepe has since started three of Arsenal’s six games at the start of the campaign and is already being unnecessarily questioned. It is September.
Gunners head coach Unai Emery has used the 24-year-old as a second striker alongside Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in two games, a 3-1 defeat at Liverpool and last week’s 2-2 draw away to Watford.
Now the Spaniard admits he and his coaching staff are working closely with Pepe to speed up his adjustment in the hope he can impress against Aston Villa on Sunday.
“He needs to adapt,” said Emery.
“He is playing well but progressively we know there is going to be more from him to help us and I want him to take the last step quickly in adapting for us.
“We are working with him – after training we are watching individual videos with him.
“He is playing well but also we need in our organisation to be strong with every player to improve a lot.”
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