Everton weigh up record-breaking bid for Ligue 1 ace

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Everton could break their club record fee to sign Lille winger Nicolas Pepe this summer, say reports.

Nicolas Pepe

The French club have set a price tag of €65 million (around £58.5m) for the Ivory Coast international, according to the Telegraph.

Such a fee would comfortably surpass the record £45m spent on Gylfi Sigurdsson from Swansea two years ago.

The Goodison Park outfit have expressed interest in Pepe, but it is unclear if the club hierarchy are willing to meet Lille’s demands.

Liverpool have also been linked with the player, who is currently on international duty at the African Cup of Nations.

Ajax winger David Neres, Lyon’s Bertrand Traore and Malcom of Barcelona are other options for Marco Silva as the Toffees boss looks to bring in a new left-footed right winger.

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.