If Arsenal get Lacazette, Arsenal fans should be happy…by Goonerboy
Arsenal appear to be closing in on Lacazette and In my opinion he is a good striker who will be a good addition to our team. Unsurprisingly for me, many Arsenal fans have began their devaluation campaign saying all sort of negative stuff about our potential signing…
I have seen tweets saying Lacazette is an average player… he can’t get ahead of Giroud in the French team… most of his goals are from the spot.. etc…
I will start with the ‘Lacazette is average’ argument. How is scoring over 20 goals in at least the past 3 seasons average? Is it because it is in the French league? Dortmund picked Aubameyang from St.Etienne with an inferior quality compared to Lacazette but now we all want him and some blame Wenger for not getting him sooner… Hazard also came from French league remember…
Secondly, many say he can’t get ahead of Giroud in the national team…that’s true but do we play the same style as France? France play with two strikers, a target man and pacy striker which at the moment is double G(Giroud and Griezmann) and I don’t see anyone that can displace them yet as they really compliment each other. Even Mbappe won’t bench Giroud…
It even shows how unfortunate and underrated Giroud is and it is such a pity for such a good goal scorer to be treated with such contempt…we don’t use Giroud well enough but France get the best out of him. May I add that France at the moment has one of the teams in Europe and it is a tough task to get in, so using that to judge Lacazette is really harsh in my opinion.
Come to think of it, what other striker choices do we realistically have? Auba is 28 and will cost 70m even City, Madrid and Man Utd are not willing to pay and BVB are really looking for someone daft enough to pay that…
Belloti is still a one season wonder and would also cost 70m upwards but he is only 23. Mbappe same as Belloti and is 18 with a massive price and he wants to end up at Madrid or Barca and only wants a stepping stone to get there..
Or is it Morata or Lukaku??? All these strikers are guaranteed to cost a lot of money but not guaranteed success If Lacazette scores 20 EPL goals I will see him as a success. If he had joined Atletico, many would have blamed Wenger for missing out. If we get him, I will be a happy Gunner…
How can Arsenal fans be satisfied? Do you still think Lacazette will flop at Arsenal?
Goonerboy