{"id":612123,"date":"2022-04-18T07:07:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T11:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=612123"},"modified":"2022-04-18T10:43:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T14:43:27","slug":"alexandre-lacazette-transfer-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/04\/18\/alexandre-lacazette-transfer-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandre Lacazette Transfer Update: Striker Ready to Leave Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Alexandre Lacazette transfer update has been revealed with the striker telling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canalplus.com\/sport\/alexande-lacazette-l-interview-cfc\/h\/18658146_50001\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canal Plus<\/a> in an interview that he is &#8220;in discussions&#8221; with many different clubs. Lacazette&#8217;s contract at Arsenal is set to expire this summer and the Frenchman has made his intention to leave clear.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lacazette: &#8220;I am in discussions with a lot of clubs. I am open. I want to play in Europe, it\u2019s been a long time since I played in the Champions League, I\u2019m missing it.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ouW6wzFPrq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/ouW6wzFPrq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Wheatley (@ChrisWheatley_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisWheatley_\/status\/1515964988120350720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Alexandre Lacazette Transfer Update &#8211; Striker Ready to Leave Arsenal This Summer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Lacazette&#8217;s Impact at Arsenal<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lacazette has led the Gunners&#8217; attack since Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang&#8217;s departure to Barcelona where <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/04\/15\/barcelona-striker-aubameyang\/\" target=\"_self\">he is set to stay for the foreseeable future after a fantastic start to life in Spain<\/a>. However, the Frenchman hasn&#8217;t been as clinical in front of goal as Arsenal fans would&#8217;ve hoped. He has only managed to score one goal in 14 appearances since the start of the new year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This doesn&#8217;t mean he has not had an influence on the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/04\/08\/thomas-partey-injury-arsenal\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal<\/a> attack. Lacazette has registered seven assists in the Premier League this season. No other player has contributed more in this area for the North London side.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Alexandre Lacazette Looking for Champions League Football<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I am in discussions with a lot of clubs. I am open. I want to play in Europe, it&#8217;s been a long time since I played in the Champions League&#8221;, Lacazette told reporters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lacazette also left a potential return to Lyon open, despite their current league position being a disappointing 7th in Ligue 1. Regardless, Lacazette has expressed his love for the club that gave him his break as a footballer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I have never cut contact with Lyon since I left,&#8221; Lacazette expressed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I try to return to the club once or twice a year to see the medical staff because we are really close. Lyon know that I am free, they have to come with a proposal.&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<a id=\"ah-NfLI9T3pnmYLQ3v9Oew\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1390837453\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ah-NfLI9T3pnmYLQ3v9Oew',sig:'uBSftAMnA7PtMs4Z2HSZKPfPSvQAMmHJKM8sCnGg7V8=',w:'487px',h:'594px',items:'1390837453',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>How will this Affect Arsenal&#8217;s Challenge for Top Four?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mikel Arteta&#8217;s side have been on a terrible run of form as of late, losing four of their last five games. Their most recent defeat came at the hands of a struggling Southampton side. The Gunners have dropped down to 6th in the table and with fixtures against Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur looming, their <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/04\/11\/top-four-reasons-arsenal-top-four\/\" target=\"_self\">Champions League hopes<\/a> seem to be dimming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arteta will require all of his players to be committed moving into the final phase of the season. However, with one of the more experienced players suggesting he will need to move elsewhere for Champions League football, it begs the question as to how disunited the club may be behind the scenes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"8XRYv7TSQRF9Pq5QFdaTMw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1239751230\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'8XRYv7TSQRF9Pq5QFdaTMw',sig:'76IjhSMOk7vrTYw2Rocfc85d9pN_A8uCk-Xq7rAM54Y=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1239751230',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Alexandre Lacazette transfer update has been revealed with the striker telling Canal Plus in an interview that he is &#8220;in discussions&#8221; with many different clubs. Lacazette&#8217;s contract at Arsenal is set to expire this summer and the Frenchman has made his intention to leave clear.\u00a0 Lacazette: &#8220;I am in discussions with a lot of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4138,"featured_media":612126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,8,3,7188,28],"tags":[975],"class_list":["post-612123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-arsenal","category-premier-league","category-rumours","category-transfers","tag-alexandre-lacazette"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}