Mikel Arteta hails ‘phenomenal’ Alexandre Lacazette amid switch curiosity

Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta is blissful to listen to French ahead Alexandre Lacazette is attracting curiosity from European golf equipment as it’s a testomony to his goalscoring kind in latest weeks.
Lacazette, who’s Arsenal’s high scorer within the Premier League this season with 11 objectives, discovered the online in consecutive video games earlier than the worldwide break, together with the winner within the north London derby in opposition to Tottenham Hotspur.
The 29-year-old could have one 12 months left on his Arsenal contract on the finish of the season and has been linked with Atletico Madrid, AS Roma and Sevilla in latest weeks.
“I am always happy when people talk about our players and speculate, that means they are doing well and they are getting attention from other clubs,” Arteta instructed a information convention forward of Saturday’s house league match in opposition to Liverpool.
“The state of affairs with Laca we’ll handle in the summertime, converse to him and simply suggest the longer term that we would like – and that’s it.
“He’s scoring goals and he’s providing the team with something different as well. His work rate has been phenomenal and it’s what we want.”
Lacazette is anticipated to guide the assault in opposition to champions Liverpool however doubts stay over the supply of winger Bukayo Saka, who pulled out of the England squad with a hamstring downside.
“Bukayo hasn’t trained with the team yet,” Arteta mentioned. “He’s been doing some individual work.”
Playmaker Emile Smith Rowe can be a doubt for the weekend’s match on the Emirates Stadium after he missed England Under-21’s victory over Croatia on Wednesday.
“He has some discomfort in his hip,” mentioned Arteta. “We will see today how he comes (back), speak to the doctors and the physios and see if he’s available for training tomorrow.”
Arsenal are ninth within the standings with 42 factors from 29 video games, 4 factors and two locations behind Liverpool.