Nicolas Pepe to leave, coach confirms

LOSC Lille are about to return to Champions League and a lot of credit for that goes to the manager Christophe Galtier. The Frenchman has done a remarkable job with a team that struggled during previous season, but are now finishing second in Ligue 1. Galtier talked about Nicolas Pepe this weekend, the best player of his team who helped in achieving goals with 22 goals in Ligue 1.

“Nicolas Pepe will leave. Life’s like that, football’s like that today. He is a player of the highest level who will have a big decision to make on the choice of his next club. There will be a battle between the great European teams. I hope that he will take good amount of time to think about it, do his research.”

That is similar to what club president Gerard Lopez said recently.

“This summer, I think we will sell four to five players, no more. All clubs are forced to balance their accounts except perhaps one. I would yes say, it is sure Pepe will leave”, Lopez said.