{"id":31463,"date":"2020-09-12T11:22:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T05:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/?p=31463"},"modified":"2020-09-12T11:22:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T05:52:52","slug":"atletico-madrid-linked-alexandre-lacazette-wants-to-stay-at-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/atletico-madrid-linked-alexandre-lacazette-wants-to-stay-at-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"Atletico Madrid-linked Alexandre Lacazette wants to stay at Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Alexandre Lacazette has insisted that he has no plans of leaving Arsenal, amidst reports linking him with moves to the likes of Juventus and Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>It has been claimed that the Frenchman had been offered to Atletico as part of a deal to bring midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Partey\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Partey<\/a> to the Emirates.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/tag\/alexandre-lacazette\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Alexandre Lacazette<\/a> stated that he is determined to stay at <a href=\"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/category\/football\/football-teams\/arsenal\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Arsenal<\/a>, having two years left on his present contract with the Gunners. He told<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lequipe.fr\/Football\/Article\/Alexandre-lacazette-il-se-passe-quelque-chose-a-arsenal\/1170653\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> L&#8217;Equipe<\/a>,<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI\u2019m at Arsenal. I signed a five-year contract to improve and win titles. I\u2019ve got two years left and I\u2019m determined to stay.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<p>When asked whether if it\u2019s his final reply, the forward replied:<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cFrom me, yes.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CExHJqNgKyQ\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Alexandre Lacazette admitted that although the reports of him being part of a deal to bring in Atletico Madrid\u2019s Thomas Partey is not pleasing, he is confident about Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta having faith in him.<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cIf it\u2019s (reports of him being a part of a deal to sign Partey) true, no, it\u2019s not pleasing. But what counts are the choices of the coach and having his confidence. It\u2019s him who picks the team, not the directors in their offices, and I know I\u2019ve got his confidence.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Alexandre Lacazette heaps praise on Mikel Arteta<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Arsenal have considerably improved since <a href=\"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/tag\/mikel-arteta\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Mikel Arteta replaced<\/a> Unai Emery as the head coach. Although the Gunners finished eighth in the <a href=\"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/category\/football\/football-competitions\/premier-league\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Premier League<\/a> last season, they ended their campaign on a positive note by winning the FA Cup before beating Liverpool in the FA Community Shield.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>And Alexandre Lacazette believes that Pep Guardiola\u2019s former assistant at Manchester City has brought some much-needed changes at the Emirates.<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cHe\u2019s brought some order to the club, to the squad. He\u2019s brought ambition in terms of what he is looking forward to doing and what he has known with what he experienced at Manchester City.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<p>Arsenal will begin their 2020-21 Premier League campaign with an away fixture against Fulham on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/fulham-vs-arsenal-preview-team-news-predicted-xi-and-more-premier-league-2020-21\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Fulham vs Arsenal: Preview, team news, predicted XI and more | Premier League 2020-21<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexandre Lacazette is determined to stay at Arsenal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":31465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5447,27,16,5443,20],"tags":[5715,4733,4632,4736,26,5425,4942],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31463"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}