Drogba's big praise for Barca target Nicolas Pepe

Drogba's big praise for Barca target Nicolas Pepe

Nicolás Pépé sigue multiplicando su caché
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The former Chelsea striker hailed the Ivorian forward who is on Barca's wishlist

Ex Chelsea striker Didier Drogba hailed Nicolas Pepe, who has been one of the revelations of Ligue 1 this season. The Lille forward, also Ivorian, has 17 goals, behind only Kylian Mbappe.

"His numbers are great and he will easily beat my record of 19 in 2003-04 (goals for an African player in a Ligue 1 season). He's fast, complete and efficient. They need players like him in France. I've heard of him for some time, above all because he was called up to the Ivory Coast squad for a few years. He's having a season at a very high level," said Drogba.

Nicolas Pepe is one of the players Barca are thinking about signing as a possible replacement for Luis Suarez, although Bayern Munich also want him and are ahead in the chase.