adminLONDON. — Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has confirmed Alexandre Lacazette’s move to Arsenal should be completed “within the next day or two”.
Lacazette is now due to fly into London this week to finalise a club-record move to Arsenal. Arsenal’s opening bid of £39m was turned down last month, but significant progress has been made in talks between the clubs.
Aulas confirmed the deal is worth up to £43.8m (€50m), meaning it would eclipse the club-record £42.5m Arsenal paid for Mesut Ozil four years ago. Aulas told French outlet Le Progres: “Alexandre Lacazette’s transfer to Arsenal could be actioned within the next day or two.
“The figure reported by the English media of around €67m (including €12m in add-ons) is impossible and not realistic. Arsenal’s first offer was around €45m, the transfer will be concluded in the range of €45m to €50m.
“It constitutes, without doubt, a record transfer fee for Arsenal, [sic] and for Lyon of course!”
Last month, Lacazette said he would only move to a club who are playing in Europe’s premier club competition but it appears the 26-year-old’s stance on the matter has softened.
Lacazette had verbally agreed to join Atletico Madrid this summer but the move fell through after the Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed on June 1 that Atletico would be banned from registering players during this window. — Sky Sports.
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