One-time Arsenal and West Ham target Alexandre Lacazette reveals he wants to leave Lyon this summer

On the move: Lacazette said his time at Lyon may be at an end
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James Benge6 February 2017

Alexandre Lacazette has revealed that he expects to leave Lyon in the summer, a move that will likely spark the interest of several top Premier League sides.

Arsenal have been the most consistently linked with Lacazette and saw a £29.4million bid for the French international rejected in the summer.

They were not the only club to make a move during the pre-season window with West Ham failing in a £42.7m offer.

Lacazette’s fine form at the tip of the Lyon attack has continued into this season; he is Ligue 1’s second highest goalscorer this season with 18. But with his current contract at Parc OL expires in the summer of 2019 the 25-year-old is considering his next move.

“I think it's come, the right moment,” he told Canal+.

“I think that this summer will be the time where I will need a change of scenery and discover something else, still with the idea of advancing and progressing in terms of football and as a person.

“I am going to continue to work, in the hope that good opportunities will come this summer.”

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