“Thank you, Laca”. Arsenal confirmed Friday the departure of Alexandre Lacazette, at the end of the contract in London, after five seasons spent in the jersey of the Gunners. This farewell message is the first step for his great comeback with OL, as The Team announced it to us on Thursday.
“Laca was a great player for us. He was a real leader on and off the pitch and he had a very important influence on our young players,” coach Mikel Arteta said in a statement.
A mixed record in London
While his time at Arsenal hasn’t always lived up to the expectations placed on him when he arrived in 2017, the French international has still scored 71 goals since 2006, which, given the Gunners’ performance these recent years, is far from negligible. Lacazette, on the other hand, will never have played in the Champions League with Arsenal, fatally distancing him from the France team. His 16th and last selection in Blue dates back to November 2017.
The 31-year-old player, a former OL figure with whom he scored 100 goals between 2010 and 2017, joined the Gunners in the summer of 2017, under Arsène Wenger, for a record amount (53 million). euros) at the time for both clubs. Born in Lyon, Lacazette was trained at OL from the age of 12 before becoming one of the most decisive players in Ligue 1 in the 2010s, the 4th most prolific player in the history of the club .