Arsenal sign Alexandre Lacazette from Lyon

Lacazette netted 37 goals in all competitions last season and becomes the Gunners' second major summer addition following the arrival of left-back Sead Kolasinac on a free transfer from Schalke.

In the short video clip posted on Arsenal's Twitter feed, Lacazette said: "It is me - Laca new signing."

Arsenal confirmed Lacazette had signed on a "long-term contract, for an undisclosed fee".

Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas, though, had said it would be close to 50million euros (£44million), which would surpass the £42.4million the north London club paid to Real Madrid for Mesut Ozil in 2013. 

A statement on the club website added: "He is expected to travel with the tour party to Sydney this weekend and is likely to make his home debut in the Emirates Cup on July 29 or July 30.

"The deal is subject to the completion of regulatory processes." 

Lacazette is determined he can add a cutting edge to a squad which failed to finish in the top four of the Premier League for the first time in Arsene Wenger's 20-year reign, although did go on to lift the FA Cup with victory over champions Chelsea at Wembley.

"I am of course delighted and very proud too because Arsenal is a legendary club. Throughout my childhood, thanks to Thierry Henry and other French players, I always dreamed of playing for this club so today that dream has been fulfilled," Lacazette said in an interview with Arsenal Player.

"Arsenal is also the club which plays the best football in England, so I really wanted to come here."

Lacazette continued: "When I play I like to use my pace and to link up with my team-mates. As a forward of course I like to score goals, but that is not all that I am about.

"I love good flowing football where the whole team is engaged. First of all you need to have players behind you who pass the ball well, resulting in good goalscoring opportunities.

"I want to give 100 per cent in every match I want to show I am worthy of the shirt. I want to do everything I can to make sure we win titles." 

Gunners boss Wenger is in no doubt of what Lacazette can add to the squad. 

"We are very happy to have Alexandre join our group," he told the club's official website.

"He has shown over a number of years that he can score goals and that he is a very efficient finisher. 

"As well, he has very interesting technical qualities and a strong character. So he is a guy who is a great addition for us, and someone who will help us challenge at the top level this season." 

Alexandre Lacazette's career in numbers

275 - number of appearances across all competitions Lacazette made for Lyon.100 - number of goals he scored in Ligue 1 for the club. He netted a further 29 in cup competitions.

4 - number of hat-tricks Lacazette bagged in a Lyon shirt.

3 - number of appearances in the Ligue 1 Team of the Year (2013-14, 2014-15, 2016-17).

28 - the Frenchman's highest goal tally in a single Ligue 1 campaign (2016-17).

3 - number of managers he played under at Lyon (Claude Puel, Remi Garde and Hubert Fournier).

10 - the squad number he made his own at Lyon.11 - number of caps for France. All his appearances to date have come in friendly fixtures.

1 - Lacazette has scored a solitary international goal. It came in the 2-0 victory over Denmark in March 2015.

59 - the total number of appearances the striker made for Les Bleus' various youth sides (from the under-16s right up to the under-21s). 

Arsenal's transfer record

Press Association Sport looks at how the Arsenal transfer record has evolved over the last century.

Archie Devine - February 1913, £1,000

Signed from Bradford in a vain bid to avoid relegation in the 1912-13 season, Scotland midfielder Devine scored five goals in 24 games and worked as a miner and dockyard worker after his playing days were over.

David Jack - October 1928, £10,890

Figures vary over the exact amount that Arsenal paid for England striker Jack, who would prove a sensation with 124 goals in 208 games. But it was the first five-digit signing in world football - almost double the previous record - and legend has it that Arsenal boss Herbert Chapman got the Bolton negotiators drunk to bring the fee down.

Peter Marinello - January 1970, £100,000

The Scottish winger was dubbed "the next George Best" on joining from Hibernian and the 19-year-old scored on his debut at Manchester United. But he rarely hit those heights again and left for Portsmouth in 1973 after only five goals and 51 games.

Malcolm Macdonald - July 1976, £333,333

Eclipsing the £220,000 spent on Alan Ball in 1971, Arsenal paid the unusual sum of £333,333.34 on Newcastle striker Macdonald five years later. 'Supermac' won the Golden Boot in 1977 and played 14 times for England before a knee injury cut his career short.

Clive Allen - June 1980, £1.25m

The striker joined from QPR to become Arsenal's first £1m player. Featured in three matches during Arsenal's 1980-81 pre-season, but he did not play a single competitive match for the Gunners before moving to Crystal Palace in a shock swap deal with full-back Kenny Sansom.

David Seaman - May 1990, £1.3m

Arsenal took nearly a decade to raise the bar again, but when they did it was a world transfer record for a goalkeeper. Seaman went on to make 325 Premier League appearances and play more in goal for the Gunners than anyone else.

Ian Wright - September 1991, £2.5m

Arsenal's first £2m player was a larger than life character signed from Crystal Palace after coming out of non-league. The England striker broke Cliff Bastin's club scoring record with 185 goals in 286 appearances before joining West Ham in 1998.

Dennis Bergkamp - June 1995, £7.5m

The last time Arsenal broke the British transfer record (it only stood for a few days as Liverpool paid £8.5m for Stan Collymore), the Gunners got their money's worth. The Dutchman's goals and assists played a central role in the club's success under Arsene Wenger.

Thierry Henry - August 1999, £11m

Another outstanding piece of transfer business as Henry joined from Juventus. Became the club's all-time leading scorer with 228 goals in all competitions before moving on to Barcelona for 24m euros (at the time equivalent to £16m) in 2007.

Mesut Ozil - September 2013, £38.2m

The signing of Ozil, which had the potential to rise by a further £4.3m in add-ons, from Real Madrid almost tripled the previous £15m record purchase of Andrei Arshavin in 2009. But the Germany playmaker has divided opinion in his four seasons in north London.