Alexandre Lacazette at OM, the idea made its way into the minds of Marseille leaders. It is spring 2022, the Gone who has played at Arsenal for five years is preparing to pack up and leave London, to return home or embrace a more exotic destination. It is then that the Olympians arrive.
“ There was OM in 2022, when I returned from Arsenal. There were discussions with my agent », says the man we nickname “the General”. A challenge which did not really challenge him, the person concerned having opted that summer for a reunion with OL. “ Is it surprising to go to Lyon rather than Marseille? For you perhaps… Marseille? I’m from Lyon so that didn’t interest me. How long did it take me to respond? A few seconds… »
PSG also tried it
During his career, Alexandre Lacazette had many opportunities to change his tunic, as he recalls in his interview with the media Carré. “ There were discussions with Barcelona in 2019. Afterwards I could have gone to Atlético de Madrid », says the man who since his return to Lyon has found the fault 58 times, in 89 matches. “ There was also Juve during Covid… »
Before his departure from OL in 2017, the former French international was also approached by PSG, in the wake of his title as L1 top scorer in the 2014-2015 season (27 goals). “ When Paris comes, it’s true that you see the figures, it inevitably attracts you, but I already didn’t want to go to another French club than Lyon and I wanted to taste another championship “, he confesses. Rejected by Lacazette in 2022, OM will finally turn to Alexis Sanchez. With the success that we know.
