Mark Lawrenson is backing the Arsenal frontman to deliver this season.
Mark Lawrenson has told BBC Sport that he believes Arsenal hitman Alexandre Lacazette will “definitely” enjoy a smooth transition to life in English football.
The Gunners broke their transfer record this summer by spending £52 million on the France international.
The 26-year-old was given his first taste against Premier League opposition when Arsenal beat Chelsea on penalties in the Community Shield at Wembley this afternoon.
And Lacazette, who started ahead of Olivier Giroud, almost marked such an occasion with a goal but his first-half effort cannonned off the post, before he was replaced on 66 minutes.
Still, it was an encouraging showing from the Frenchman and Lawrenson does not envisage any problems for him at Arsenal during his stay in North London.
“Alexandre Lacazette looks like he will definitely feel at home in English football,” he told BBC Sport.
The big thing for Lacazette is whether he can be Arsenal’s go-to-guy in the goalscoring stakes because, if linked-away Alexis Sanchez leaves, the burden will fall directly on his shoulders.
He was a fiercely-prolific striker in Ligue 1 and although that doesn’t mean the same will be true in the Premier League, it does suggest that he knows the way to goal and Gunners supporters will be desperate for him to replicate his goalscoring heroics at Lyon.
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