Gervinho to have talks with Arsenal
have confirmed that their striker Gervinho wants to move to England and talks with Arsenal are planned.
The Ivory Coast international contributed 15 goals and 10 assists to Lille’s double-winning season where they won the Ligue 1 and Coupe de France.
Paris St-Germain have asked about the 24-year-old but his club are not keen on selling to a domestic rival.
“He wants to go and has developed contacts with Arsenal,” said the Lille general manager Frédéric Paquet.
“We will soon have talks with them and see what they offer. He has expressed a desire to go to England and we will see what happens.”
The link with PSG was a non-starter said Paquet: “Paris St-Germain inquired but we are not thinking about strengthening a competitor.”
Although Lille will entertain the idea of selling Gervinho, their stance is different on Eden Hazard. Paquet has described the 20-year-old Belgian as “untransferable”.
Lille earlier announced the capture of the 21-year-old striker Ronny Rodelin from the Ligue 2 side Nantes.
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