Arsenal attacker Nicolas Pepe is yet to convince Nice about buying him outright.
Pepe is on-loan with OGCN and keen to stay.
L'Equipe says the club are open to the idea of keeping him at the Allianz Riviera stadium.
However, club chiefs want to see more from the player before making an attempt to retain him" for next season.
Pepe only has one year remaining on his contract with Arsenal.
And the Gunners are likely to want to try and offload him and recoup some sort of fee back rather than lose him for nothing 12 months later.