According to Sky Sports’ Fabrizio Romano, Arsenal are now favourites in the race to sign Lille forward Nicolas Pépé as they are in advanced talks with the Ligue 1 outfit having tabled a new bid. Napoli, Everton and Liverpool have also been linked with the Ivory Coast international, but the Gunners appear to be in the commanding seat having also tabled a new bid for the star forward. The Toffees have enquired about Pepe as they want to try and make a top level forward addition in this window, and are willing to part with £72 million for his services.
Report: Arsenal are in advanced talks with Lille for Nicolas Pépé and have tabled new bid
