Arsenal will need to break the bank if they want to sign Nicolas Pepe from Ligue 1 side Lille.
Lille’s Luis Campos has warned any potential suitors that they will have to pay as much as £72 million to sign the winger.
Speaking to Telefoot, as reported by the Metro, Campos made his feelings clear when quizzed on the player’s future.
€80million. But [any club] will also have to convince the player.
Pepe has attracted interest from the likes of Arsenal, Bayern, Chelsea and Barcelona in recent weeks.
A string of glittering performances in Ligue 1 means that the player is a man in demand ahead of the January transfer window.
It had previously been suggested that the player would be available for somewhere in the region of £40 million, but Campos is clearly keen not to lose the player on the cheap.
A £72 million figure would smash Arsenal’s transfer record, given that they paid Borussia Dortmund a reported £58 million for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
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