Alexandre Lacazette is a proven scorer in the French championship through his time at OL with experience in London at Arsenal for five years. Before joining the Gunners in 2017, the French international was approached by PSG as part of the succession to Zlatan Ibrahimovic during the Laurent Blanc era (2013-2016).
Zlatan Ibrahimovic was the top scorer in the history of PSG at the time of his departure in the summer of 2016 with 156 goals signed in the space of four seasons spent at the club. Edinson Cavani surpassed him with 200 goals and Kylian Mbappé also by shaking the nets 256 times.
“When Paris comes, you see the figures, it definitely makes you want to”
Wishing to prepare the succession of Zlatan Ibrahimovicthe coach of the time who was Laurent Blanc as well as the leaders of PSG looked into the matter Alexandre Lacazette which blazed at theOL. And before signing Arsenal in 2017, it is the tunic of PSG what Lacazette could have worn as revealed to the media Carré.
“Atlético and Juve during Covid. There was PSG and OM too. PSG was under Laurent Blanc and Marseille was there coming back from Arsenal. When Paris comes, you see the figures, it obviously makes you want it, but I didn't really want to go to another French club and I wanted to taste another championship.
“No, there’s no point in going to Paris”
“And when you really think about it you say to yourself, 'no, there's no point in going to Paris'. And Marseille, I’m from Lyon so it didn’t interest me that much”. the conclusion Alexandre Lacazette in interview with Raphaël Domenach pour Carré. Finally, he will have served a five-year term Arsenal then came back to where it all started l’OL in 2022. On the side of PSG, Edinson Cavani took the reins of the attack and was successively joined by Neymar et Kylian Mbappé during the summer of 2017.
