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Alexandre Lacazette joins Arsenal for club record £46.5m from Lyon

Arsenal have completed the signing of France striker Alexandre Lacazette from Lyon for a club record £46.5m fee on a five-year deal. The fee - up to £52.6m with add-ons - will surpass the  £42.4m Arsenal paid Real Madrid for Mesut Ozil  in 2013. "Arsenal are the club that plays the best football in England so I really wanted to come here," said Lacazette. The 26-year-old is expected to travel with the squad this weekend for two friendly matches in Sydney next week. Those games will be followed by a match against Bayern Munich in Shanghai the following week. The player added: "Throughout my childhood and thanks to Arsenal's former striker Thierry Henry and other French players, I always dreamed of playing for this club so that dream has been fulfilled. "I like clubs with a history and the fact that the manager has been here for a while shows that it is a stable club. There are quite a few French players at the club which will make it easy...

Done Deal: United signs Lukaku for 75m

Manchester United and Everton have struck a £75million deal for Romelu Lukaku Lukaku is yet to agree personal terms ahead of joining United's pre-season tour United have ended their pursuit of Real Madrid centre forward Alvaro Morata Wayne Rooney is set to join Everton in a separate deal, with transfer fee waived   Manchester United have agreed a £75million fee for Romelu Lukaku and expect to wrap up a deal in time for the Everton striker to join them on their US tour. United manager Jose Mourinho has moved quickly to hijack Chelsea's pursuit of Lukaku and has now aborted his pursuit of Real Madrid's Alvaro Morata. Lukaku's move is not linked to that of Wayne Rooney, but United will waive any transfer fee to help facilitate a deal as their captain nears a return to Everton in a separate agreement.   Chelsea were thought to be front of the queue to sign Lukaku, who scored 26 goals last season, but he will be heading for Old Trafford once personal te...