With interest to land the 24-year-old from several clubs with Liverpool, Inter and Arsenal topping the list, Lille are open to selling their star player, Nicholas Pepe in an €80 million valuation.
News has it that for this summer, "the 24-year-old is one of the most in-demand attackers following his impressive season for Lille in which he scored 22 goals in Ligue 1."
No clubs has been signaled as successful to sign the attacker, but Liverpool, inter and Arsenal are the clubs in the forefront of this bid with concrete offers in the region of €80m (£70.9m).
Atletico Madrid, Napoli and PSG are other clubs interested in the player and they will be considered should he declined a move to the top 3 clubs gunning for him.
My thoughts.
I think Pepe is a fantastic player and at his age, he is doing impressive leg work for his club. It is however not clear to me what his decision will be since he has to choose between these big clubs jostling to sign him.
The numbers are impressive, the offers are tempting, but I believe if he isn't careful he may just move to the wrong club.
What the young player needs not to secure his position as a world class paler is to get into a club that will help him grow. A club that will give him every opportunity to shine and not one that will have him benched.
So what do you think he should do?
Which club do you think is favorite to land Pepe?
Should he remain in Lille where he is presently a star?
Well, I feel he has the world ahead of him to explore and I wish he gets into the club that will help him do well and become more as a player.