LILLE: Winger Eric Bautheac is to join Lille from Ligue 1 rivals Nice and will sign a three-year contract on Thursday, the northern French club announced.
Bautheac, 27, has spent the last three campaigns at Nice and scored eight goals last season.
He will become the first signing made by Lille since they appointed the Ivory Coast's Africa Cup of Nations-winning coach Herve Renard as their new boss.