After losing failing to sign the likes of Jamie Vardy and Gonzalo Higuain, Arsenal have been chasing the signature of French striker Alexandre Lacazette.
Olympique Lyon have already rejected Arsenal’s offer of around 29 million pounds and the Gunners are now looking to make a second and final bid of 33.7 million pounds to hire the services of the Les Bleus forward.
On the other hand, reports in the media suggest that the Ligue 1 side have offered a new contract to the 25-year-old striker but he wants to leave.
According to Telegraph, the French club want to seal a new deal with Lacazette however he wants to agree a deal to join Arsenal instead.
In the past two seasons, Alexandre has featured in 84 games for Lyon and scored no fewer than 54 goals. In the 2014-15 campaign, Lacazette scored 27 league goals and won the Golden Boot award.
As per the provided Telegraph link, Arsenal will have to spend around 42.2 million pounds ($56 million) if they are to have any hope of finally signing the quality goalscorer.
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