Arteta is more than ready to offer Alexandre Lacazette a contract update.
He spoke about this to Sky Sports before the Leicester match, upcoming on Tuesday. Lacazette has been crucial to Arsenal’s good run lately, and Arteta figures that he’s a keeper.
“We have to have a chat about the next step with him and get his ideas and his feelings. As I said, I am really happy with him,” Arteta said.
“He’s a player that I’ve always liked, even when I wasn’t here, because of what he brings to the team: his qualities, his ability, his work rate. So let’s see.
“Now we are in a crucial moment. It’s no time to talk about a lot of contract situations. We still have time and we will do it in the right moment.”
As for winning the upcoming fixtures, Arteta is not getting too excited. Arsenal has won the last 4 games, and are in better form than before – but he doesn’t want to jinx it.
“I think we have to win every game and then wait and pray. It’s not about winning one game. I think we need to go game-by-game,” he added.
“A few weeks ago, we were really far from even thinking about Europe and now we are a little bit closer at the moment. So let’s go game-by-game and see where it takes us.
“Now we are on a good run, we’ve got some momentum and we’re getting to the crucial point of the season where we’re going to face the top teams in the next two weeks and we’re just trying to get prepared as well as we can.
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