Lionel Messi wants €150 million Premier League superstar at Barcelona, €85 million superstar agrees to join Real Madrid and more: Transfer Roundup, 17 May 2019

By Shambhu Ajith

Modified May 17, 2019 13:54 GMT

Real Madrid seem to be in a hurry this summer and Messi wants Barcelona to bolster their attack

Atletico Madrid looking to replace Griezmann with Lacazette

Griezmann (centre) and Lacazette (right)

Here's a piece of news that has the potential to cause worry lines to appear on the faces of Arsenal fans. Alexandre Lacazette could leave if Arsenal don't win the Europa Cup amid interest from none other than Il Rojiblancos who are keen on tapping him up as a replacement for the departing Antoine Griezmann.

Griezmann announced a couple of days back via social media that his time with Atletico Madrid is up and that he will be moving elsewhere in the summer to pursue fresh challenges. Arsenal will be desperate to not lose Alexandre Lacazette particularly after he struck up a stellar partnership up top with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

If Arsenal do not win the UEFA Champions League final against Chelsea, they will not be part of Europe's elite football competition next season. However, Atletico finished 2nd in the LaLiga and that could prove to be a decisive factor in Lacazette's future.

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Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.

Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.

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