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Agent confirms Deportivo La Coruna bid for Arsenal striker Lucas Perez

The agent of Arsenal striker Lucas Perez has confirmed Deportivo La Coruna have made an offer.

Perez's agent, Rodrigo Fernandez Lovelle, has told Press Association Sport that Deportivo have made an offer to take his client back to the Riazor less than 12 months after his departure, as the uncapped striker targets an international call-up.

"I'm here to see the Emirates Cup and to be with Lucas," Lovelle said of his arrival in London.

"We have talked to everyone. Arsenal know we want to go, that there are no opportunities here, and within a year there is a World Cup.

"Would you not be angry and sad and upset if you had your squad number taken without being asked?"

The offer from Deportivo is believed to be worth more than the reported nine million euros (£8.1m) that LaLiga rivals Sevilla paid Manchester City for Nolito, with Lovelle insisting Perez was offered plenty more play-time after signing in 2016.

"Deportivo made an offer a week ago. It is a permanent deal and worth more than Nolito's move to Sevilla," he said.

"Of course (he was told he would play more). Lucas signed for Arsenal and was the happiest person in the world and with all of his dreams to fulfil.

"We have seen that every time he played he did well, but after every time he got fewer and fewer opportunities."

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