Nicolas Pepe at Arsenal: agreement "in principle" while Liverpool and Man United strengthen their interest

The future of Nicolas Pepe continues to be a hot topic of conversation this summer.

The Lille winger was tipped to qualify after a wonderful season in Ligue 1, which earned him 22 goals and 11 badists.

Arsenal are a longtime admirer of 24 years, but are not the only ones to be interested in Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Manchester United and Napoli.

Here's what we know about Nicolas Pepe's future.

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In March, Lille owner Gerard Lopez told RMC – according to ESPN – that the price of Pepe was between "50 and 80 million €" before the summer transfer window. In addition, the club's sports director, Luis Campos, confirmed that the winger was going to leave.

"We are not a rich club," he told Telefoot.

"It means that if a very good proposal arrives for Pepe, we have to sell it."

In fact, it was a right that the North London teams could only afford with the financial support of Champions League football.

€ 80 million in auction

It was thought that Arsenal was out of the running for Pepe's signing, given his insufficient transfer budget.

However, information from Telefoot suggests that the Gunners have launched an incredible offer to have the winger sign this summer.

Telefoot announced that Arsenal had made an offer of 80 million euros for the 24-year-old to provide Emery with the winger he desperately needed this summer.

The first four and the failure of the Europa League

After Arsenal defeated Watford at Vicarage Road in mid-April, the first four places seemed to occupy a prominent place and the Europa League also had to fall back in case things went wrong.

After accumulating a point on a possible 12-point result against Crystal Palace, Wolves, Leicester City and Brighton, the Gunners ended up missing a spot among the top four of one point.

Yet a Europa League final offers a last chance to end their two-year absence in the Champions League.

However, they were beaten 4 to 1 by London rival Chelsea and are preparing for a third season in the Europa League.

The impact of the non-qualifying for the Champions League will be visible in Emery's transfer budget, which would rise to £ 45 million, but it could increase based on player sales, but considering the price of Pepe, this movement can be excluded now.

Liverpool's position

Reports in France earlier in the transfer window claimed that new European champions were aligning an offer in the region of £ 60m to sign Pepe and reinforce an advanced line that already includes Mohamed Salah, Roberto, Firmino, Sadio Mane and Xherdan Shaqiri. .

It would be a huge statement of intent on the part of the Reds and a warning to the rest of the Premier League as they seek to do better and win the Manchester City title next season.

However, ECHO Liverpool has disputed these claims by insisting that the club has not discussed a decision with the representatives of Lille or Pepe and that it is not in the race to sign the winger.

In addition, ECHO revealed that even if the Reds want to add a versatile striker after the departure of Daniel Sturridge, Pepe is not under consideration and that the offer of large sums of money will not be presented soon.

Bayern Munich interest

The way seemed to have been cleared for Bayern Munich, Bundesliga champion.

It is no secret that the European giants want to sign a winger after the departure of Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery and have been linked to groups like Callum Hudson-Odoi of Chelsea and Xavier Amaechi of Arsenal.

But Arsenal may now be in pole position for his signature.

Arsenal, one of five teams to "accept the agreement in principle"

According to information published in La Voix du Nord, the gunner is one of five parties to agree on an agreement with Lille for Nicolas Pepe.

In addition to the north side of London, Manchester United, Liverpool, Inter Milan and Naples have also reached an agreement worth 70 million pounds sterling.

It is however baderted that Naples was leading the hunt while they were ready to integrate the Algerian international Adam Ounas, valued at £ 15 million, under the agreement.