French outlet Le Quotidien Du Sport claim Marseille are ‘getting closer’ to signing Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette, with talks ongoing. Marseille are said to ‘dream’ of having Lacazette up front for OM.
Lacazette, 30, is out of contract this summer. He is one of three Gunners players that are still yet to either put pen to paper – or confirm they are leaving, along with Eddie Nketiah and Mo Elneny. It looks like he will go.
That is, after a tricky season in which the Franch international only scored four goals in 30 Premier League appearances. A return to France is likely if he is to depart The Emirates, after 206 games in his five-year Arsenal spell.
LQDS claim that Marseille are in talks and are closing in on the signing of Lacazette. The two sides have done plenty of business of late – with Matteo Guendouzi, William Saliba and Sead Kolasinac all joining the Ligue 1 side.
Marseille close to signing Arsenal striker Lacazette: A surprise move?
Marseille have options up top, in Arkadiusz Milik, Bamba Dieng and Cedric Bakambu. So, Jorge Sampaoli’s side are hardly lacking in strikers – but perhaps, Lacazette is too good to turn down. Aulas is clearly a big fan.
It is also perhaps surprising in the sense that Lacazette would be joining a direct rival to his boyhood club Lyon. He came through the ranks at Lyon to score 129 goals in 275 games, before swapping OL for Arsenal in 2017.
With Marseille finishing Ligue 1 in second place behind PSG, though, they will be in next season’s Champions League. That will surely tempt Lacazette, who missed out on the competition with Arsenal, finishing fifth.
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