Arsenal may have broken their transfer record to land Alexandre Lacazette, but former Gunners midfielder Aleksandr Hleb does not believe that he represents an improvement on his French national team-mate Olivier Giroud.
Arsene Wenger had to splash out £46.5m to persuade Lyon to part with their star striker, whom Wenger has been monitoring for several years.
The 26 year-old has settled quickly at the Emirates, netting four times in his first seven appearances.
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Interestingly, Giroud is still preferred to Lacazette in the French national team, and Hleb remains unconvinced that Arsenal have acquired anything they did not already have, after another frustrating summer.