Lacazette responds to Arsenal contract situation with January exit luming
Alexandre Lacazette has opened up about his ongoing contract situation at Arsenal and revealed he is planning for an exit from the Emirates.
The 30-year-old French player's contract is due to expire in the summer of 2022 meaning he is free to speak to other clubs in January.
Lacazette signed for Arsenal in 2017 from Lyon for £36 million and has gone on to make 181 appearances for The Gunners, scoring 68 times.
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But under manager Mikel Arteta, he has found himself struggling to get a starting berth in the first eleven and has only found the net once in the Premier League.
Lacazette has been linked with moves to Milan, Marseille, Newcastle, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.
What did Lacazette say?
And now the play has opened up about the speculation with the January transfer window just around the corner.
I prefer to wait until January to really position myself
- "We will see what is on offer, if the challenges are interesting, if there are great projects, how we are counting on me," Lacazette said in an interview with Telefoot.
"There are still a lot of questions, I prefer to wait until January to really position myself."
Arsenal manager Arteta on Lacazette contract situation
Arsenal are reported to be open to offers for the Frenchman in January as it presents the last opportunity they have to get a transfer fee for him.
Arteta has spoken about Lacazette's situation, confirming he is just one of several players who have contract issues to deal with.
"He is not the only one, we have a few. That’s something we have to deal with, with contracts that they were coming from a few years ago, with certain particularities. We knew that was the case," he said.
"I have already spoken with them individually about how we have to handle those situations the best possible way, and that’s it."
Lacazette replaced captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on the 76th minute of Arsenal's 2-0 win over Newcastle on Saturday.
