Arsenal have completed the signing of French international striker,
Alexandre Lacazette today after he had his medicals and completed his
paper works at London Colney, the club's training ground. This was
after both Arsenal and Lyon agreed an initial fee of £46m that could
rise to £52m with add-ons.
The 26 years old has been repeatedly linked to Arsenal over the past
three years, and this summer, he was set to join Atletico Madrid after
they agreed a fee with Lyon, but after a FIFA transfer ban that was
rectified by the Court of Arbitration for Sports few weeks into the
summer, it scuttled the possibility of a deal happening. This left the
door open for Arsenal to pounce on a player that Arsene Wenger has
reportedly monitored for the last nine years.
The 5ft 9in striker record with Lyon ends at 129 goals in 275 games.
And he had his best season to date when he registered 37 goals with 28
coming in Ligue 1 last season.
His addition, brings pace, technique and a natural goal scoring
ability to the Arsenal forward line. With reports indicating that
Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil could be set to extend their contracts
after weeks of uncertainty, it could yet turn out to be an eventful
summer for the club.
Inspite of the arrival of Alexandre Lacazette, Arsenal still have a
backlog of issues to sort out before the season starts, especially as
the squad returned to pre-season training this Tuesday.
The futures of Oxlade Chamberlain, Jack Wilshere, Kieran Gibbs and the
aforementioned Ozil and Sanchez have to be resolved in the coming
weeks.
With Arsene Wenger asserting at the end of last season that he would
have to find a way to prone down the big squad at his disposal, which
has grown bigger with two signings and no key departure yet, there is
a possibility that players would have to leave before more signings
are made in the coming weeks.
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