Lacazette joined the Londoners for a club file 60 million euros in June 2017 and the 30-year-antique could be to be had on a unfastened transfer this summer time. "He's a player who pastimes us for the whole thing he's represented here," Lyon director of football Vincent Ponsot said as the club offered January recruits Romain Faivre and Tanguy Ndombele. "We see all the adulthood he's been able to gather due to the fact that he left us and he is a person with whom the membership has stayed in contact. And yes, he's a participant profile that hobbies us."
Club president Jean-Michel Aulas delivered: "We'll do everything feasible, (it's) vital to us." Aulas conceded that while the club have frequently dreamed of "the go back of Karim Benzema" from Real Madrid, "within the present day context, that of Lacazette is extra available".
Lacazette, who has gained 16 caps for France, scored 129 goals in 275 fits in all competitions for Lyon after breaking into the first team inside the 2009-2010 marketing campaign. With Arsenal he has scored 70 desires in 192 games, prevailing the FA Cup and finishing runner-up in the Europa League in 2018-2019.
Lacazette's potential departure may want to depart Arsenal with none centre-forward alternatives, with Eddie Nketiah out of agreement at the end of the season as properly.
Lyon also are interested in the go back of midfielder Corentin Tolisso, 27, who joined Bayern Munich in 2017 for forty million euros. "All individuals who can also come returned are players we haven't any doubts approximately their qualities, we know them flawlessly, and their mentality, like Lacazette," added Aulas. "Knowledge is mutual and the danger is decrease while it's an antique player who returns."
