New Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette cannot wait to link up with the likes of Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil to help fire the Gunners back into Premier League contention next season.
The 26-year-old finally completed his protracted transfer from home-town club Lyon late on Wednesday afternoon, the official announcement made via a series of video clips on Arsenal’s social media channels.
Lacazette has signed on a “long-term contract, for an undisclosed fee”, which is understood to be a five-year term which will be a club-record deal to surpass the £42.4million paid to Real Madrid for Mesut Ozil in 2013 and could end up as high as £52million.
Lacazette continued: “When I play I like to use my pace and to link up with my team-mates. As a forward of course I like to score goals, but that is not all that I am about.
“I love good flowing football where the whole team is engaged. First of all you need to have players behind you who pass the ball well, resulting in good goalscoring opportunities. “I want to give 100% in every match. I want to show I am worthy of the shirt. I want to do everything I can to make sure we win titles.” Check out the gallery above for some of Lacazette’s best stats.
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