Alexandre Lacazette has so far spent his career in only two clubs: Lyon and Arsenal. He is a fan of both of them and he had the privilege to play for both of them and is currently on his second term with the famous French club. So far, he is in excellent form, unlike in his last season with Arsenal, but his current club is not. In fact, Lyon looks like Lacca from 2021 at the Emirates – bad. 𝑫𝑨𝑵𝑮𝑬𝑹! ⚠️⚽ @LacazetteAlex has been involved in 53% of Lyon’s goals this season: 12 goals and 4 assists.#OLSB29 pic.twitter.com/MzbMQ9dl07— Ligue 1 English (@Ligue1_ENG) February 1, 2023 Alexandre first left Lyon in 2017 and joined the Gunners, for whom he scored 71 goals, along with 36 assists in 206 games in north London. But the last season was not such a happy one, not for the club and not for him either. Even thou the club was in ‘transition’ under the new coach Mikel Arteta, the Gunners finished the season with no European football in 2022/23, and Lacazette’s contribution was not good either: only 6 goals and 8 assists in 36 appearances in all competition. Man in Uganda killed in a fight after Arsenal’s defeat to Man CityHe left the club as a free agent, as Arteta and Edu didn’t believe that a 31-year old striker could help them, even thou at the time had only young Nketiah on the books. On his part, Lacca was vocal about leaving, as he said he wanted to go to the club that plays Champions League. He soon changed his mind, as no club of that stature was interested, and went back to Lyon, who nearly missed the place in Europe’s strongest competition. He already witnessed a change of coaches, as Peter Bosz was sacked and Laurent Blanc replaced his during the season, but it still didn’t matter much, as Lyon is in the middle of the table, with almost no chance of playing in any European competition next season. And the fans are not happy. ##NAJAVA_MECA_6996814##They have already protested at home games, so ahead of France Cup, scheduled on Wednesday against sixth place Lille, Lacazette had to call fans for unity. He was also not so happy with the fact that he is in excellent form (16 goals and 4 assists in 24 games), while the club is not. “They know that we need them, that we want to be happy. We want to celebrate victories all together. On the field, we will give everything to qualify. We hope that many will come and that it will be a good evening. I would have preferred us to be higher in the standings, to be better and for my personal statistics to be just the icing on the cake. This season, it’s a bit complicated but I know that my goals are important for the team to continue to hope and achieve our goals” said former Arsenal striker. Chelsea sign a new player but leave him where he is – Malo Gusto is a Blue lion in LyonIf he is in the squad against Lille, it will be Lacazette’s 300th match in Lyon colors and he will try to get closer to Bernard Lacombe, the second top scorer in club history (149 goals, against 145 for Lacazette). “I’m happy, it’s a source of pride to have so many matches in the Lyon jersey, to have scored so many goals and to join Bernard Lacombe who is a legend at the club, he confides. pleasure but it’s not over, I want to go further and above all to help the team. When I started, I never thought I would achieve this number of goals now that I’m very close, there is this little excitement to surpass myself in every game and to reach this record as soon as possible” said Lacazette.
