ARSENAL flop Nicolas Pepe is reportedly close to moving to OGC Nice.
That was after his agent was spotted at a League One stadium over the weekend.
Mirror claims Nice, owned by British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, wants Pepe to join the French Revolution this summer .
The club is splashing out for a shot at the silverware this season, with former Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani and Blackburn's Ben his Breton Diaz on the radar. .
And they have already completed the signing of former Arsenal icon Aaron Ramsey .
Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel also left Leicester to join Nice this month.
And Ratcliffe, who has failed in his attempt to replace Romain Abramovich at Chelsea, wants to storm his Premier League again with Pepe's loan move.
Arsenal paid him a club-record £72m to sign the 27-year-old forward from Lille in 2019. To the hero of the school, Kayo Sakatake.
The Ivory Coast international has been rumored to move toNewcastle.
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However, Pepe is unlikely to refuse to return to France, where he starred in Angers and Lille.
Nice could also offer Continental his football, but first he must beat Maccabi his Tel Aviv in their European Conference League qualifiers.
The French side finished fifth in Ligue 1 last season, just five points behind second-placed Marseille.
And Ratcliffe hopes a big transfer market effort will help close the gap this term.
