Lacazette to complete Arsenal move

Alexandre Lacazette

        Alexandre Lacazette has travelled to London to finalise a club record move to Arsenal for an initial fee approaching £46 million, Goal understands.

The Lyon striker is expected to sign a five-year contract at the Emirates Stadium after the Gunners increased their opening bid.

       Lacazette, 26, has scored over 20 Ligue 1 goals in each of his three seasons for Lyon and will join Arsenal for a club record fee, eclipsing their previous record transfer of £42.5m for Mesut Ozil that was made in 2013.

With hopes of signing Monaco's Kylian Mbappe - a Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain target - fading, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger managed to convince another of Ligue 1's star forwards to play at the Emirates Stadium.

      Lyon club president Jean Michel-Aulas, who sanctioned the transfer on Sunday, has previously said the Premier League side must part with €65million to prise Lacazette away from Parc Olympique Lyonnais and the newly agreed deal includes bonuses worth £6m.

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