Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has spoken on the contract situation regarding current club captain Alexandre Lacazette, and revealed that a decision will only be made at the end of the season. The French striker’s contract will expire at the end of the season and a new deal is yet to be agreed. Resultantly, Lacazette will be free to join any club of his choosing this summer.
Ahead of Arsenal’s Premier League clash against Leicester City, Arteta was questioned about Lacazette’s contract situation and a tentative timeline for when it could be resolved to which the Spaniard replied saying that the club and the player have agreed to make an assessment at the end of the ongoing season and subsequently make a decision.
Arteta said:
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“We have discussed that at the end of the season, when we know where we are we are going, to make a decision together [on Lacazette’s future].
“We agreed the decision is to do it in the summer [assess the situation] and that’s when we are going to do it.”
“As you know, we have certain players with a little bit of uncertainty in the summer so we have to plan what’s going to happen now and what’s going to happen in the summer.
“A lot has to be done, we know, and we don’t expect big things to be happening, but we need to be very alert in the market to see if we can improve the team.
“We have to be prepared because things can happen and injuries can arise in this period of the season and you have to be prepared and planned.”
