Club hand Arsenal player a three-year contract offer – Gunners still thinking about his situation

The French media today features an update on the future of Arsenal winger Nicolas Pepe.

RMC Sport journalist Fabrice Hawkins reports Besiktas have just made a contract offer to the player.

The Turkish side reportedly put a three-year deal on the table, and Pepe is currently thinking about it.

Now what needs to be sorted is Arsenal’s stance on the player, because he may not be leaving the Gunners for free after all.

It’s said that even though Mikel Arteta’s side were ‘first open’ to terminating his contract, they are ‘no longer’ in this position.

RMC Sport makes it clear that Arsenal’s decision will have an important impact on this transfer, as the request for a fee may make the interested sides go away.

There’s one year left on Pepe’s contract with the Gunners, and since he’s not in Arteta’s plans, letting him go is a good way to avoid paying his wages.

Previous reports from Turkey had already claimed there was an agreement between Besiktas and Pepe, so it seems that Arsenal’s decision is really the most important thing now.