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title: "Lille demanding £72m for Pepe deal"
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published: "2018-12-24T13:48:55Z"
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# Lille demanding £72m for Pepe deal

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,](https://metro.co.uk/2018/12/23/lille-chief-names-asking-price-arsenal-target-nicolas-pepe-8278892/) Campos made his feelings clear when quizzed on the player’s future.

> €80million. But \[any club\] will also have to convince the player.

![Carlos Rodrigues/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1002931664-1.jpg)

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.