Alexandre Lacazette could be coming to the Premier League in January after all, as Newcastle United prepare to make a club-record bid for the player. To date, the Magpies' greatest outlay was the £17 million spent to bring Michael Owen to St James' Park from Real Madrid in 2005. However, the north-east heavyweights are understood to be willing to smash that fee, and offer over £21 million to sign Olympique Lyonnais forward Lacazette [Telegraph]. The French international—who has also been linked to Arsenal and Chelsea, as well as Tottenham Hotspur—had previously intimated that he would not consider a move away from Ligue 1 during the January window, particularly as he keeps an eye on...
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