Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette’s future at the club will be assessed once the season is over, manager Mikel Arteta said on Friday, with the Frenchman having only four months left on his contract.
Arsenal’s options up front are limited after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s move to Barcelona in January, leaving Lacazette as their only senior player in that position.
Lacazette has netted only three times in 20 league appearances this season but he has provided seven assists.
Arsenal, fourth in the standings with three games in hand, ground out a 3-2 away win at Watford last weekend and are looking to extend their winning streak to five games when they take on Leicester City.
Arsenal’s bigger goal – a top-four finish and Champions League football next season – is also within their grasp, particularly as they have games in hand over the teams around them near the top of the table.
Right back Takehiro Tomiyasu remains sidelined with a calf injury but Arteta said Emile Smith Rowe could make a return after he recovered from Covid-19.
Smith Rowe, the club’s top scorer with nine league goals, last featured in the 2-1 win over Brentford on Feb. 19, where he scored the opening goal.
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