5) Having missed out on Diego Costa and Alexis Sanchez, we need to learn our lesson…
In summer 2013, we targeted a relatively unknown Diego Costa, but couldn’t seal a transfer. He went on to win Atletico Madrid La Liga, scoring 27 times, earning a blockbuster move to Chelsea, for whom he’s scoring goals for fun. Costa is now an enemy of the Kop, as the recent song about him proves, but we’ll be lying if we claimed we wouldn’t take him in a heartbeat… Like Costa did, Lacazette has ‘blown-up’ this season, and the longer we wait to make an offer, the more likely a rival will be able to trump us financially to secure his services. The Alexis Sanchez situation is different, as the player simply fancied living in London – but his start to Arsenal life shows how much it would hurt to watch Lacazette tearing up English defences for a Premier League rival.
