5 players who could shine in the Community Shield

#4 Alexandre Lacazette

Alexandre Lacazette has already started scoring for Arsenal

Arsenal’s big signing of the summer was French hitman Alexandre Lacazette, signed from Lyon for £46.5m. He was an expensive signing, but Arsene Wenger is hoping he can fire the Gunners back to glory – his record in France was absolutely phenomenal, with the last four seasons seeing the striker clear the 20-goal mark; his high point was last season, which saw him hit 37 in all competitions.

He doesn’t seem to have slowed down in the transition to Arsenal at all, either. He scored in his pre-season debut against Sydney FC and then added a goal in the Emirates Cup against top-level opposition in Sevilla.

With last season’s top scorer Alexis Sanchez likely unavailable for the Community Shield due to an injury, it looks like the goal scoring burden will fall on the shoulders of Lacazette to, and with a goal record like his, it’s hard to bet against him delivering again.

If Lacazette does so, then he’ll already have written himself into Arsenal’s history books, and may give the Gunners fans something to smile about following a close season that’s essentially seen Wenger submit to the idea of losing Sanchez next summer. Could Arsenal really have their new Thierry Henry?