CaughtOffside: Striker pursuit latest
Arsenal and Liverpool target Alexandre Lacazette has told Lyon he wants to leave the Stade Gerland according to L’Equipe (via the Daily Mirror)
The 24-year-old forward enjoyed a phenomenal season in 2014/15, netting 31 goals in all competitions, and is now seemingly keen to leave for pastures new.
The Daily Mirror claims Lacazette is valued at a very reasonable £21m and could certainly provide a strong goal-scoring option for either Arsene Wenger or Brendan Rodgers.
Lacazette has spent his entire professional career at Lyon, making his debut for the Ligue 1 side in May 2010, and is now a regular in Didier Deschamps’s French national team set-up.
Liverpool have brought in Danny Ings, Roberto Firmino and Christian Benteke to boost their attack as Rodgers seeks to once again force his side into the top four.