Alexandre Lacazette to travel to London to complete £52m Arsenal move - report

Lacazette has been heavily linked with a move to Arsenal for some time, although he was expected to sign for Atletico Madrid before the Spanish side were handed a registration ban.

The Telegraph now report that a fee with Lyon has been agreed that will see Arsenal pay Lyon £46m up front with a further £6m in add-ons.

Of that £6 million the report says that £2.6m will be easy to achieve but it might be that the remaining £3.4m isn't reached.

Lacazette is now expected to travel to London to complete a medical with personal terms 'a formality' according to the report.

Should he sign Lacazette will be Arsenal's second signing of the summer following the arrival of Sead Kolasinac on a free transfer from Schalke.

Speaking on Sunday evening to Le Progres Lyon owner Jean-Michel Aulas said a deal was close but suggested the fees quoted by the English media were not correct.

“The €67m figure (including €12m in bonuses) announced by English sources and then relayed constitute an impossible sum that is not realistic. The first offer made by Arsenal was €45m.

"The deal will happen for something between €45m and €50m. To be close to €50m is something unique, and will be without a doubt a record for Arsenal and a record for Lyon absolutely. One must also take into account that traditionally, a club like Arsenal, and it is the case for Bayern as well, do not have the habit of spending so much for one player.”

“We will without a doubt hit a record, it is not a small transfer, €50m for a player who was produced by our club.”