Alexandre Lacazette is determined to put Arsenal in the running for Premier League titles once again – but can’t do it without his team-mates.
The France striker completed his £52million transfer from Lyon to Arsenal on Wednesday evening – a club-record for the Gunners.
Lacazette comes highly rated after scoring 127 goals in 274 appearances across all competitions for Lyon, but says if he gets top service from the likes of Mesut Ozil, then he will return the favour.
“When I play I like to use my pace and to link up with my team-mates,” he told Arsenal’s official website.
“As a forward, I like to score goals, of course, but that’s not all that I’m about.
“I love good flowing football where the whole team is engaged.”
Lacazette boasts an impressive goal-scoring record, with the 26-year-old hitting 28 goals in 30 Ligue 1 games in 2016-17.
According to Opta, Lacazette boasts a shot-conversion rate of 33.3 per cent across all competitions last season – better than Luis Suarez, Harry Kane and more than twice as good as Cristiano Ronaldo’s.
Regarding his stats, Lacazette said: “First of all you need to have players behind you who pass the ball well, resulting in good goal-scoring opportunities.
“Also every time I take a shot at goal it’s because I believe I can score. I don’t just shoot for the sake of it.
“I always try to choose the best option, whether that is to pass or to shoot.
“I also try to keep as calm as possible. All that is achieved by a lot of hard work in training.”
Asked whether he had a message for the Arsenal faithful, Lacazette added: “I want to give one hundred per cent in every match.
“I want to show I’m worthy of the shirt.
“I want to do everything I can to make sure we win titles.”
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