Arsene Wenger wants Alexandre Lacazette to emulate Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

When it comes to goalscoring records, any record outside of the Premier League is treated with scepticism.

The Premier League is regarded as one of the toughest leagues around, and a prolific striker from France or Germany has to repeat the trick in England before pundits can really rate them.

Rightly or wrongly, that’s the situation that Lacazette is currently in. He boasts an amazing record in France, but here in England, he has everything to prove.

He does, at least, have an example to follow, as Wenger points out.

“With Lacazette it’s simple,” Wenger said, as reported by the Express.

“He is an intelligent player who can integrate our game well as we have a game backed on mobility and technique.

“After that we get the efficiency – his record in France last season was to score one in 80 minutes. If he can maintain that record that would be ideal for us as a game lasts 90 so that would guarantee you a goal each time!

“For sure, his goalscoring record is not necessarily transferable from the French League to the English. But you could say that Ibrahimovic transferred an identical amount of goals from France to England. So that’s the target Lacazette should set.”

Ibrahimovic scored plenty of goals in France – as he did in Italy for most of his career – yet was never truly rated in England until later on in his career. Few thought he could score 28 goals in a season.

Asking Lacazette to score 37 goals as he did last season for Lyon might be a bit much. However, 20 or more Premier League goals would be a very successful first season with Arsenal.