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Arsenal boss Unai Emery: I wanted to bring Alexandre Lacazette to PSG

LONDON -- Arsenal boss Unai Emery has revealed he wanted to sign Alexandre Lacazette at Paris Saint-Germain, and has urged the striker to take his game to another level this season.

Lacazette has been in great form for the Gunners with five goals and three assists in his last seven games, helping Emery's team go on a nine-game winning streak ahead of Monday's Premier League meeting with Leicester.

Emery isn't surprised by the French striker's productivity, though, and said he felt Lacazette was good enough to be part of PSG's high-powered attack when he took over the club in 2016 -- but the complicated relationship between rivals PSG and Lyon made a deal impossible.