Arsenal is one step away from selling their best scorer in 2021. Alexandre Lacazette is in contractual limbo for some time, since former Lyon striker wants another contract with the Gunners, who seems to be reluctant to do so. And Atletico Madrid is monitoring the situation, ready to snatch the French forward for cheap.Xhaka’s transfer to Roma hits a granite wallAccording to the reports from the Spanish media, Lacazette is a subject of a 2 billion Ksh offer from the current Spanish champion, as the Frenchman has only one year left in his contract. One of the reasons Mikel Arteta is more open to the idea of selling, rather than keeping his best striker during the last season is his versability. In Arteta’s preffered 4-3-2-1 formation, he forces interchangeable front line. This creates something of a problem for Lacazette, who despite starting his career as a winger, lacks the mobility to play the role of the positionally versatile striker his manager seems to want. The Frenchman has been a consistent performer, an Arsenal fan and a great influence in the dressing room (as per with Smith Rowe, Balogun and Bukayo Saka), but all that is obviously not enough to keep Lacazette at the Emirates stadium.🚨 Atletico Madrid are readying a bid for Alexandre Lacazette. Arsenal are open to offers. According to @goal the opening bid could be around £13million. #AFC could accept a fee of £17million.#absctransferupdates #afc #Arsenal🔴⚪️ pic.twitter.com/DiDpAzDlv3— Arsenal Bengal (@ArsenalBengalFC) July 26, 2021 On the other hand, Diego Simeone’s team could use a player like that, as the Argentinian wants to increase the competition among Atletico’s strikers, who often relied on 34-year-old Luis Suarez. The Uruguayan striker was by far the best scorer in Madrid, while his teammates were inconsistent. It is also documented that Simeone is a long time admirer of Lacazette. Simeone has been a long-time admirer of the Frenchman and tried to sign him in the summer of 2017, even agreeing a fee with his then club Lyon. But the move was interrupted by by FIFA slapping Atletico with a transfer ban for illegally signing minors from outside Europe. How, it seems that Simone will get his whish after four years.
