Man Utd eye £45m Nicolas Pepe move - and weigh up Rabiot transfer

Manchester United are weighing up a £45million move for Lille striker Nicolas Pepe this summer.

Pepe has been in superb form for Lille this season, scoring 21 goals and providing 12 assists, his exploits making him a target for United, as well as PSG and Arsenal .

The Ivory Coast international has been a revelation this season, his pace, power and clinical finishing marking him out as one of Europe's most exciting young forwards.

Although PSG are understood to have opened talks with Lille over Pepe, United are confident they would be able to land the player, even though they cannot offer Champions League football.

United, who finished sixth this season, 32 points behind champions Manchester City, will play in the Europa League next season, but believe they can still attract top-quality players this summer.

Another player on United's radar this summer is PSG midfielder Adrien Rabiot, who has been frozen out by the French champions and not played since December.

Rabiot has been made an outcast by the PSG hierarchy for refusing to sign a new deal and will be able to leave this summer for free, with Juventus and Chelsea also assessing him.

The 23-year-old was set to join Barcelona , but that deal fell through due to his £175,000-a-week wage demands and signing-on fee of around £10m as a free agent.