Arsenal To Announce Club Record Signing

Arsenal To Announce Club Record Signing

Arsenal look set to complete the signing of forward Alexandre Lacazette this week after reports that the player is travelling to London in order to complete a move to the Emirates.

The Frenchman has been a longstanding target of Arsenal’s for years having been linked with a move almost every summer. However this window looks set to be the one that they finally secure their man in a deal that is said to be worth around £52m, a club record fee.


Wenger is always on the lookout for a striker, but fans have been less than impressed with the talent that has represented the club up front since Van Persie’s departure. Finally though, Lacazette looks like he will become the clubs talisman, and with his impressive goalscoring record at Lyon over the past few seasons, it looks like fans may be in for a treat. Last season alone the striker scored a mighty 28 goals in 30 games, if anything £52m seems a bargain when the current market is considered.

Atletico Madrid had agreed a deal to sign Lacazette this summer until their transfer embargo made the transfer unable to happen, leaving the door wide open for others to swoop in. Arsenal look certain to have done just that, and the transfer could be announced as early as this week.

According to the Daily Telegraph, the France international will travel to London to complete his medical and officially sign for the Gunners in the coming days.