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Sam Meade

Lille owner confirms "multiple offers" for Arsenal and Tottenham target Victor Osimhen

Arsenal and Tottenham target Victor Osimhen has been the subject of multiple offers according to Lille president Gerard Lopez.

The 21-year-old scored 18 goals in 38 appearances for the Ligue 1 outfit before the season in France was prematurely called off.

Osimhen only joined Lille last summer from Belgian side Charleroi but has already attracted interest from around Europe.

Lopez, who allowed Nicolas Pepe depart in a £72m deal last summer, admits he has already turned down two offers for Osimhen.

"There are multiple offers," he told the Daily Mail. "We turned down one English and one Spanish offer this January transfer window.

"There is a wide array [this summer] and I wouldn't want to give the names of the clubs who are bidding but what I can tell you is that there are multiple [offers]. There are three championships that have clubs that have bid for him."

Osimhen rejected Arsenal's advances earlier in his career and the Gunners are on a long list of clubs tracking the Nigerian.

Liverpool, Real Madrid and Barcelona are also interested but Lopez is seeking a similar fee to the one that saw Pepe leave for north London if Osimhen is to depart the Stade Pierre-Mauroy.

Nicolas Pepe left Lille for Arsenal last summer (Stuart MacFarlane)

He added: "I am not being a sales guy because last year people didn't believe that we had the offers we had with [Nicolas] Pepe and it turns out we had multiple of them.

"Let me tell you with Osimhen, it is the same thing, whatever number you heard, the high number I have read is very much on the money of the offers that we have received. That's where we are."

Lille have an excellent record of spotting talented players before moving them on with the likes of Eden Hazard and Dimitri Payet spending time at the French club.

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