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George Flood

Nicolas Pepe 'in Arsenal shirt' video appears online ahead of £72m transfer confirmation

Arsenal's club-record deal for Nicolas Pepe looked to be on the verge of completion on Tuesday night after a leaked clip on social media appeared to show the Ivorian winger in club kit.

The Gunners agreed a deal with Lille worth £72million for Pepe, who was earlier photographed arriving for a medical at Arsenal's training base at London Colney.

Arsenal - who face Angers in their penultimate pre-season friendly in France on Wednesday - were hopeful of completing formalities by the weekend, but it seems that an announcement could come even sooner than that.

A leaked video was reportedly posted on Reddit late on Tuesday evening that looked to show Pepe tapping the club badge as he posed for the camera in front of a green screen.

When the transfer is confirmed, the 24-year-old will become Unai Emery's fourth signing of the summer following deals for Gabriel Martinelli, William Saliba and Dani Ceballos.

Here is the video which appeared online late on Tuesday.

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