Most expensive transfer sales in the Ligue 1 in France during summer 2019
At the end of the 2019 summer transfer window on September 2nd, Nicolas Pépé was the football player with the highest transfer sale fee in the Ligue 1 in 2019. The Ivorian winger joined Arsenal football club for 80 million euros (bonus excluding). Pépé scored 22 goals and 11 assists in the French championship during the 2018/2019 season. The future Gunner became the biggest transfer sale in the history of Lille football club.