Reports from the Emirates Stadium
has it that Lyon and French striker, Alexandre Lacazette has completed a medical at
Arsenal and is set to complete a deal that will see him be Arsenal’s record
signing surpassing the £42.4 million paid to Real Madrid for Mesut Ozil in 2013.
Lacazette who was second in the
top scorers chart last season with 28 goals in
the ligue 1. His tally was only
bettered by PSG’s Edison Cavani who came top with 35 goals.
The France international was set
to join Atletico Madrid before their transfer ban was upheld by the Court of
Arbitration for Sport.
Lacazette who has won 11 caps for
France, will now be the second Arsenal signing of the season after Left-back
Sead Kolasinac joined from Schalke on a free transfer.
Also, the deal will see Lacazette
become part of the top earners in the Arsenal team alongside, Mesut Ozil, Alexis
Sanchez and Theo Walcott
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