Lyon president, Jean-Michel Aulas, has
revealed that "Arsenal are ready to pay" for
Alexandre Lacazette.
Gunners' boss, Arsene Wenger, is believed to
be ready to make the 26-year-old their record
signing this summer.
"But it is premature to say that things will be
done. We cannot let a player of that quality
go without his replacement. We are talking
about €50m [£43.7m] to €60m [£52.5m].
"Arsenal is ready to pay for Lacazette.
"Everyone knows Atletico were going to pay
€53m [£46.4m] plus €12m [£10.5m] in add-
ons. That's €65m [£56.9m].
"The Arsenal executives are well informed,
they will be in those waters.
"The price for a player who scores, every
year, between 25 and 30 goals, sometimes
more than 30, is at least that.
"But frankly, I have not thought about Arsenal
for the moment, because I thought that
Alexandre would stay because of the failure,
initially, with Atletico Madrid."
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