Olympique Lyonnais Archives: 08/2016

You can definitely tell that transfer deadline day is just around the corner.

Lyon president, Jean-Michel Aulas, has confirmed that the Ligue 1 club turned down a €50m bid for Alexandre Lacazette from West Ham this summer.

Arsenal are reportedly eyeing up a £60m move for Alexandre Lacazette… not this guy again?!

Arsenal are reportedly planning a deadline day swoop for Lyon forward, Rachid Ghezzal.

Tuesday was one of the slowest news days for a while but boy, was the rumour mill spinning.

Alexandre Lacazette has reiterated that he’s not leaving Lyon.

The transfer ‘saga’ of Lyon striker, Alexandre Lacazette, to Arsenal has quickly become one of the most tedious stories of all time and that doesn’t appear to be changing soon.

Alexandre Lacazette has told the press that ‘If there are offers that can’t be refused, I’d like to not refuse him’ as a player who was once reportedly fed up with being linked with Arsenal mixes things up a bit.

Before Arsenal lost 4-3 at home to Liverpool, Alexandre Lacazette scored a hattrick for Lyon against Nancy in their Ligue 1 opener.

Wednesday was full of the usual fun – I mean that sarcastically, of course – and some news.

West Ham Season Ticket Holder and blogger, Sean Whetstone, claims that the Hammers have not bid €50m for Lyon’s Alexandre Lacazette despite what many are claiming.

Lyon chairman, Jean-Michel Aulas, has slammed PSG after they completed the signing of Real Madrid’s Jese Rodriguez.

Alexandre Lacazette is reportedly getting close to signing a new deal at Lyon that would see him become the highest paid player in the club’s history and probably send the Arsenal internet into a fit of rage.

On Sunday, we shifted our attention over the Liverpool after they beat Barcelona 4-0 and, as always, delved into the biggest transfer rumours so you don’t have to.

Alexandre Lacazette was taken off at half-time during Lyon’s 4-1 defeat to PSG on Saturday.

After French outlet, Le Progrès, reported that the rumours linking Lyon striker, Alexandre Lacazette to Arsenal were ‘unfounded’ the media as a whole seems to be constantly disagreeing with itself.

According to beINSPORT, Jese Rodriguez is set to sign for PSG in the next 72 hours.

Arsenal are reportedly ready to hand Arsene Wenger even more money in order for Arsenal to sign some more players during this transfer window.

Tuesday came with some pretty big Arsenal gossip updates.

It appears that Alexandre Lacazette could actually be an Arsenal player very soon, perhaps even by the end of the week.