{"id":1098832,"date":"2019-07-23T16:37:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T15:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1098832"},"modified":"2019-07-23T16:37:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T15:37:36","slug":"nicolas-pepe-big-offers-man-utd-links","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nicolas-pepe-big-offers-man-utd-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicolas Pepe subject to &#8220;big offers&#8221; amid Man Utd links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lille president Gerard Lopez has admitted &#8220;big offers&#8221; are coming in for Nicolas Pepe amid Manchester United links.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ivorian winger bagged an impressive 22 goals and 11 assists last season as Les Dogues finished runners-up to PSG in Ligue 1.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Pepe to Man Utd? Five key things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Pepe was Ligue 1&#8217;s second-highest goalscorer last season.<\/li>\n<li>The Ivorian also registered the joint-second-highest number of assists (11).<\/li>\n<li>His form has sparked speculation of a move to a bigger club.<\/li>\n<li>Man Utd have been most heavily linked.<\/li>\n<li>Lille president Lopez has admitted &#8220;big offers&#8221; have come in and that he&#8217;ll likely leave this summer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7317342-rodgers-has-helped-tick-the-boxes-for-maguire-s-manchester-move<\/p>\n<p>That form has sparked serious interest from some of Europe&#8217;s biggest clubs and reports now suggest United have placed a \u00a370m bid.<\/p>\n<p>And although Lopez has not specified which clubs are actually vying for his services, he did admit Pepe is set to leave this summer with &#8220;big offers&#8221; already being made.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavoixdunord.fr\/sports\" rel=\"noopener\">La Voix du Nord<\/a>: \u201cOur work is done.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Should Arsenal Do Next? Squawka Documentary\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PtQrlhxwj78?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of departures and arrivals, if a player leaves, we will go and get what we need.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Nico, it is almost done and he could have left last summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is true that there are big offers and big clubs in for him, so I think [he will leave]. Aside from that, you never know in football.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Man Utd to face competition<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Pepe&#8217;s goal return in Ligue 1 was only bettered by Kylian Mbappe (33) last season and speaking earlier in July, his agent,\u00a0Samir Khiat, admitted he could join the French World Cup winner in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nicolas is open to everything,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/news\/man-utd-target-pepe-the-subject-of-big-offers-as-lille-brace-for-\/87qwhpdx1y6h15xl4sact2bpz\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. &#8220;The aim is for him to sign in the right place. PSG is a possibility.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, all parties need to reach an agreement. There are exchanges and discussions. He is wanted by a considerable number of clubs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For him, the most important thing is to be wanted and to go to a good club in which he will play and continue to progress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https:\/\/embed.playbuzz.com\/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"playbuzz\" data-id=\"66c974de-b77b-4864-9922-f0029ea5359e\" data-show-info=\"false\" data-show-share=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lille president Gerard Lopez has admitted &#8220;big offers&#8221; are coming in for Nicolas Pepe amid Manchester United links. The Ivorian winger bagged an impressive 22 goals and 11 assists last season as Les Dogues finished runners-up to PSG in Ligue 1. Pepe to Man Utd? Five key things to know&#8230; Pepe was Ligue 1&#8217;s second-highest&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":1080017,"parent":0,"menu_order":5966,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Lille president Gerard Lopez has admitted \"big offers\" are coming in for Nicolas Pepe amid Manchester United links.","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-1098832","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"external_featured_image_url":"","hide_featured_image_pattern":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nicolas Pepe subject to &quot;big offers&quot; amid Man Utd links | Squawka | EN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lille president Gerard Lopez has admitted &quot;big offers&quot; are coming in for Nicolas Pepe amid Manchester United links.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nicolas-pepe-big-offers-man-utd-links\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nicolas Pepe subject to &quot;big offers&quot; 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