Waching daily Jul 29 2018

 The Frenchman had scored just eight Premier League goals in the first half of the season and one in 12 in all competitions in the weeks before Aubameyang's arrival from Borussia Dortmund

 It looked like the Gabonese hitman was a direct replacement for a player who had cost a then-club record £46

5m from Lyon only seven months earlier. Lacazette's situation wasn't helped by injuring a knee soon after Aubameyang's arrival and being out for more than a month

And, with Aubameyang scoring three goals in six games, his future looked ever more bleak

 But Lacazette returned with a goal against Stoke in April — Aubameyang scored the other two in a 3-0 win — and two more in a 4-1 Europa League win over CSKA Moscow

 And, with the pair forming a promising partnership, Lacazette finished the season with a respectable 17 goals

 Now he is hoping new boss Unai Emery will keep faith in the partnership which, alongside Henrikh Mkhitaryan, sets up a tasty front three

Lacazette said: "I never said Aubameyang's arrival was bad for me. I was happy because I knew I could play with him

 "I didn't see him as a rival so I was happy about his signature. "When I didn't score of course I was frustrated

But last season has finished. I've learned from this and now I am happy to start a new season

 "Now I know all my team-mates, I know the club, I know how English football is

Now I'm more ready. "Power is the main difference, it's more powerful in England

Referees are less strict than in France and defenders in general are stronger than in France

" In January, Wenger said those powerful defenders and the fact there was no winter break made life hard for Lacazette in his first seasons

 Lacazette added: "Arsene talked to me a lot, I trained more. I don't care how people judge me

I know if I stay the club is happy and my team-mates as well."

For more infomation >> Arsenal news: Alexandre Lacazette reveals true feelings about Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Duration: 2:57.

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Chelsea transfer news: Eden Hazard to Real Madrid takes dramatic twist - EXCLUSIVE - Duration: 2:11.

 Belgian ace Hazard, 27, had encouraged the Spanish giants to sign him during the World Cup Finals – but the two clubs remain poles apart with their valuations

 Real are willing to pay £150m for Hazard, who has so far refused to sign a £300,000-a-week extension to his deal which runs until 2020

 But Chelsea want more than the £198m that took Brazilian superstar Neymar from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain last summer

 Real's top brass feel that is just too much for a player who has only two years left to run on his current contract – which is why they have reluctantly decided to give up on their pursuit

 Hazard is set to be offered the Chelsea captaincy as bosses look to persuade him to agree to the biggest contract in the club's history

 New Blues boss Maurizio Sarri is desperate to keep hold of his star men this summer

 Hazard, Thibaut Courtois and Willian have all been linked with moves away from Stamford Bridge

 Real Madrid are in the hunt for Belgium No 1 Courtois, while Willian, 29, is a target for Jose Mourinho at Manchester United

 Sarri met with owner Roman Abramovich and director Marina Granovskaia here in Nice this week to discuss transfer targets

 Juventus duo Daniele Rugani and Gonzalo Higuain and free agent Bernard top the Italian's wish list