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Arsenal set for summer showdown over top striker
ARSENAL face serious competition to land Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette, according to reports.
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Arsene Wenger, should he stay, is expected to be handed a £200million transfer kitty to splash out on players in the summer.
Lacazette is a long-standing target for Arsenal, and they had a £29.3million offer rejected last year.
Atletico Madrid are also tracking the 25-year-old as a potential replacement for Antoine Griezmann, the Daily Mirror claim.
In February, Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas admitted Lacazette knew he wanted to leave the club.
He said: “I think that the right moment has arrived to leave.
“I think that this summer I will need a change of scenery and [to] discover something else, still with the idea of advancing and progressing in terms of football and as a person."
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