Former Arsenal forward, Nicolas Pepe has revealed that he was so traumatised during his time at the Gunners.
The Ivorian suggested he almost quit football because people were attacking him so angrily while he was playing for the Premier League North London club.
Recall that Pepe experienced a lack of game time under Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta.
Pepe spent time on loan at French Ligue 1 club Nice and following his loan spell, Arsenal eventually terminated his contract.
The 29-year-old later joined Turkish outfit Trabzonspor.
“I suffered a kind of trauma with Arsenal. It was as though they had taken away my passion for football,” Pepe told L’Equipe.
“I felt disgusted by the game. I was no longer playing, and I asked myself why I was doing this job.
“I felt so many doubts and thought about packing it all in. I asked myself why people were attacking me so angrily.
“They went as far as calling me the biggest flop in Premier League history. But I refused to mope about it.
“I wanted something different when I left Arsenal last summer, and I didn’t care a damn about the money.”