Having scored 19 goals, assisted a further 13 and being voted Arsenal's player of the season, Lacazette's stock is on the rise.
Atletico Madrid are resigned to losing star man Antoine Griezmann this summer and see Alexandre Lacazette as an ideal replacement.
With Arsenal failing to qualify for the Champions League again, their own transfer budget has been limited to a reported £40million.
But with few clubs thought to be interested in buying Mesut Özil, or paying his wages for that matter, they may be forced to sell one of their strikers.
"If the club is really happy with me and I’m happy, I will stay. In France, they say 27, 28 is one of the best ages in your career.
"I wish it is not the last [good season] at Arsenal and I hope I will be better and better in the next years."
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