Arsenal forward Alexandre Lacazette has revealed that he did not like former strike partner, Pierre Emerick Aubameyang prior to his arrival at North London from Borussia Dortmund.
The French forward made the revelation in an interview with French media outlet Canal +, where he revealed that the flamboyant Gabonese striker has two distinct personalities.
Lacazette and Aubameyang both featured for Arsenal from 2018-2022.
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“I had some misconceptions about him. Before he arrived, I didn’t like him. To be honest, I’m not mates with the Aubemayang you see on Instagram. I’m mates with Pierre-Emerick. People don’t know Pierre-Emerick. They know Aubameyang.” Lacazette answered when asked about the Barcelona striker.
Lacazette further revealed that he doesn’t align with modern football’s tilt towards heavy use of statistics and social media, preferring to focus on the nitty-gritty of 22 men on the pitch playing with passion.
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“Oh yeah totally [I’m oriented towards football how it was before]. Social media, and statistics, for me that’s not football. Football is the guys on the pitch and their passion.
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When I was younger I started to believe in it, but then in growing up, I saw that it’s not the most important for me to score loads and loads of goals every season because at Lyon, I scored plenty of goals but at the end of the day I won very few trophies.
“I would have preferred to score five goals and win a trophy each season.”
Speaking on his playing style as a number 9, “I’m a crazy number nine. I don’t think like the others.“