Arsenal are in talks with Lyon to sign their highly-rated striker Alexandre Lacazette
The Ligue 1 club's president Jean-Michel Aulas has told the forward, who came close to an exit last year, he can leave for £44m this summer.
Lyon rejected a £29m offer from Arsenal last July, while West Ham also tried and failed to sign him with a club-record £43m offer last summer in their ill-fated pursuit of a top forward.