Alexandre Lacazette Archives: 01/2018

With all the speculation about Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang joining Arsenal, many fans assumed he’d take Alexandre Lacazette’s place in the first team. Could they play together instead?

Arsenal signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will have ‘direct consequences’ for Arsenal’s French strikers, according to Monday’s L’Equipe.

Alexandre Lacazette’s goal last Saturday was the 500th scored by a Frenchman for Arsenal in the Premier League.

Granit Xhaka’s winner against Chelsea saw Arsenal book their place in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley, with Nacho Monreal delivering a man-of-the-match performance.

Arsenal fans weren’t happy with Alexandre Lacazette after Wednesday’s Carabao Cup semi-final victory over Chelsea, despite the Frenchman playing a large part in the winning goal.

Alexandre Lacazette’s goal drought continued on Sunday afternoon as Arsenal lost 2-1 away to Bournemouth.

Arsenal’s 2017/18 business has been about offloading the deadwood rather than bringing in talent.

Adebayo Akinfenwa joked that he’s hoping Arsenal, Wycombe Wanderers and Atletico Madrid broker a deal to bring him, Antoine Griezmann and Alexandre Lacazette together.

Arsene Wenger has said that Alexandre Lacazette may be suffering from a lack of confidence – a problem that he has contributed to.

Arsenal are the only big six club without a player worth €100m, according to a study by the CIES Football Observatory.

Alexandre Lacazette is currently on course to score fewer goals than any of Arsenal’s top goalscorers since Robin van Persie in 2008/09 when he netted just 11.

I know Arsenal players love to wrap up warm during training but Alexandre Lacazette and Mesut Ozil looked downright ridiculous at their Saturday session ahead of Nottingham Forest.

Alexandre Lacazette is struggling in front of goal of late, but his performances have still been good for Arsenal.

Jamie Carragher believes Arsenal’s frontline is better than Manchester City’s, but is constantly let down by poor defending.

Charlie Nicholas thinks only Mesut Özil and Alexandre Lacazette are good enough to get in a combined XI with Chelsea, ahead of tonight’s meeting.

Arsenal’s four attacking options all appear to underperform against Chelsea and it’s concerning.

In true Arsenal style, after the busy festive period and back-to-back defeats to Everton and Manchester City in December, January went rapidly downhill.

Olivier Giroud, Alexandre Lacazette and Mesut Ozil all found the back of the net in 2017, but what were Arsenal’s top five goals?

Now we’ve reached the end of 2017, let’s look back at Arsenal’s transfer business, rating all the ins and outs over the last 12 months.