Lacazette drops Lyon exit hint

Lacazette has scored 18 goals in just 17 appearances for Lyon in Ligue 1 this season but his future with the seven-time French champions has long been the subject of speculation.

“I think the right time has arrived. I think this summer is the time to change the air and see something else,” Lacazette, 25, said in an interview broadcast on Canal Plus.

Last month Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas spoke of receiving offers of up to 70 million euros ($75.6 million) for the striker during the January transfer window.

Lacazette, voted the French league’s player of the season in 2014-15, confirmed Barcelona had enquired about him last year.

“But that ended because it was not consistent with what I wanted, because what I wanted is to play,” he added.