Honey Honey Posted July 4, 2017 Posted July 4, 2017 Quote Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette has completed a medical at Arsenal before becoming their record transfer signing in a deal worth at least £45m. The Gunners had an initial bid for the 26-year-old France international rejected, but talks continued. His fee, of up to £52m with add-ons, will surpass the £42.4m Arsenal paid Real Madrid for Mesut Ozil in 2013. Lacazette was second top scorer in Ligue 1 - the French top flight - last season with 28 goals. He has scored 129 goals in 275 matches in all competitions since breaking into the first team in the 2009-10 campaign. His league tally last season was bettered by only Paris St-Germain's Edinson Cavani, with 35. Lacazette, who has won 11 caps for France, has been linked with several top clubs and looked set to join Atletico Madrid before their transfer ban was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Last week Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis promised fans "top-quality" summer signings during a question-and-answer session. Left-back Sead Kolasinac, who joined from Schalke, is Arsenal's only recruit since the end of last season. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40496970 Arsenal could compete for a place in the top 4 with this signing
6666 Posted July 4, 2017 Posted July 4, 2017 2 good signings so far. Even if people think this is expensive it's offset by the fact Bundesliga's LB of the season, Kolasinac, signed on a free transfer. The rest of the transfer window will probably depend on who's going.
Administrator Stan Posted July 4, 2017 Administrator Posted July 4, 2017 6 minutes ago, Cannabis said: Potentially good news for us if it pushes Giroud out of Arsenal although I hold little faith after he's supposed to still be happy there. Either way this is good news for the Gunners, they've moaned for years about not spending money so now that they finally have I hope they thank Wenger and the board - even if it does mean that Alexis and Ozil might be heading out the other way. maybe another option instead of Perez who's on his way out. So Giroud will most likely stay along with Lacazette as their main strikers.
Honey Honey Posted July 5, 2017 Author Posted July 5, 2017 To think, we signed Riviere over Lacazette and Thauvin over Payet just 2 years ago.
LFCMadLad Posted July 5, 2017 Posted July 5, 2017 35 minutes ago, Harry said: How much of an upgrade is he on Giroud? Oh god not this again 🙈
Harry Posted July 5, 2017 Posted July 5, 2017 Lacazette has been hyped up for a while now. Had his best year yet but still not the kind of signing that'd have me masturbating into a sock if i was an Arsenal fan.
Panna King Posted July 5, 2017 Posted July 5, 2017 There arent many strikers about, but he is coming from a team that finished 4th and Lyon have had a bit of clear out this summer selling a number of players now. Also you have to look at the quality of the French league, Lacazette scored 28 goals and a player like Gomis got 20 goals!
6666 Posted July 5, 2017 Posted July 5, 2017 5 hours ago, Cicero said: Is he better than Giroud? No because Mbappe plays for France...
Chaaay AFC Posted July 5, 2017 Posted July 5, 2017 1 hour ago, 6666 said: No because Mbappe plays for France... Naa I think Lacazette needs to worry more about Gignac because of the system.
6666 Posted July 5, 2017 Posted July 5, 2017 1 hour ago, Chaaay AFC said: Naa I think Lacazette needs to worry more about Gignac because of the system. Gignac did actually make the Euro 2016 squad ahead of Lacazette as backup for Giroud just incase Giroud got injured so they could still play the same system. Thankfully Gignac's not really in the picture anymore as he's not that good anymore and Deschamps has had to come up with a plan B when they have to play without the God, Giroud.
Chaaay AFC Posted July 5, 2017 Posted July 5, 2017 45 minutes ago, 6666 said: Gignac did actually make the Euro 2016 squad ahead of Lacazette as backup for Giroud just incase Giroud got injured so they could still play the same system. Thankfully Gignac's not really in the picture anymore as he's not that good anymore and Deschamps has had to come up with a plan B when they have to play without the God, Giroud. Aha
Subscriber Dan+ Posted July 5, 2017 Subscriber Posted July 5, 2017 Well fuck me. Wenger's actually spent mega money on a forward.
6666 Posted July 5, 2017 Posted July 5, 2017 6 minutes ago, Dan said: Well fuck me. Wenger's actually spent mega money on a forward. Not even sure if this is considered mega money now or just the standard amount you just have to pay for a player with some hype attached to them.
Subscriber Dan+ Posted July 5, 2017 Subscriber Posted July 5, 2017 2 minutes ago, 6666 said: Not even sure if this is considered mega money now or just the standard amount you just have to pay for a player with some hype attached to them. I'd consider over fifty million mega to be honest but maybe I'm just small-time.
Storts Posted July 7, 2017 Posted July 7, 2017 Shows how difficult it is for us in the transfer market, Arsenal spend £50 million on a player that wouldn't even get in our team
Harry Posted July 7, 2017 Posted July 7, 2017 On 06/07/2017 at 7:52 AM, Dan said: Well fuck me. Wenger's actually spent mega money on a forward. 45m feels about on par with last years 25m or 2015s 18.5m.... prices inflating so quickly!
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