Nicolas Pépé: Liverpool, Man Utd, Arsenal, Inter and Napoli reach an agreement with Lille

Be warned – Nicolas Pepe's saga of transfer is a big mess, and if you did not believe it before, you will read it after reading it.

That's because, according to various reports, all Arsenal, Naples, Inter, Manchester United and Liverpool has an "agreement" with Lille on the transfer of the star of 24 years.

According to La Voix du NordIt starts with a "global agreement" (whatever its meaning) that Inter, United and Napoli have all reached with the French side about the winger having a budget of 80 million dollars. euros.

The Neapolitan ties were particularly strong, since the player's representatives landed Thursday in Naples in order to reach an agreement. This has been reported by all major Italian publications, Gianluca Di Marzio providing a further update on how the discussions unfolded.

According to Di Marzio, it is understood that the negotiations were a little tense and that there was still a considerable "distance" between the parties, due to the extravagant demands of Pepe's agent, as well as reluctance perceived Pepe to join the Serie A club instead of his other contenders.

Carlo Ancelotti, director of Partenopei, then admitted: "I met the agents of Pepe, they were at our hotel … It is normal that we meet to discuss possible negotiations. to hide it from his agents here: we are interested in Pepe. "

Then it was Le10 Sport's turn, who "exclusively" revealed that Arsenal and Napoli were the true pioneers of the race, both entering the "final straight" of the negotiations.

Unai Emery had even announced an offer of 80 million euros. However, he said sensibly, this could be difficult to calculate given the Gunners' famous transfer budget.

In fact, the same could be said of Inter, who has trouble finding the money he needs for Romelu Lukaku.

It was then CalcioNapoli24's turn to advance in the talks, declaring that Liverpool had also reached an "agreement in principle" with the French formation, with Napoli in the same boat with them as favorites.

Fortunately, they also provided further clarification on the situation of the agent, his commission being described as "decisive" in any agreement.

It is understood that the fees requested by this representative are of the order of 5 million euros, Lille still remaining firm on this valuation of 80 million euros.

See, I told you that it was a mess. More to follow without any doubt.