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Atletico rival Arsenal for striker to replace Griezmann

Atletico rival Arsenal for striker to replace Griezmann

Atletico Madrid are strong candidates to recruit Alexandre Lacazette, if the latest report from Marca has it right.

Arsenal are known to be very fond of the 25-year-old, who - rather confusingly - has scored 23 goals in 24 Ligue 1 games so far this season.

Atletico could, however, see some of their star players be pillaged this summer, including Manchester United dream Antoine Griezmann and Kevin Gameiro.

The latter could be tempted to a move to China, just like former star Jackson Martinez was, eventually moving to Guangzhou Evergrande ,
a story we broke on this page.

Cadena Cope reported a few days that the French international met with Atletico in February, agreeing to a preliminary deal with the Liga pretenders.

Were their transfer ban to be lifted the French star could be on his way to a proven European contender, and not a side that hasn’t made it to the Champions League quarterfinals since 2010.