In the current off-season, the Portuguese bek became a free agent and was free to choose the club in which he wants to pursue a career.
For a long time, the main contender for Pepe remained PSG, which was ready to meet the player's financial requirements of 5 million euros per year.
Nevertheless, at the last moment the deal broke down due to the fact that the parties could not come to a common denominator regarding the duration of the contract.
Parisians were ready to offer a 34-year-old player a contract for only one year, while Pepe himself was determined to conclude an agreement for at least two years.
As a result, a two-year contract to the Portuguese offered Besiktas, thanks to which at the last moment lured the defender who had already passed a medical examination in the French capital.