Alexandre Lacazette is the latest name to join Saudi Pro League, the former Arsenal captain arrived at rookie Neom SC in the summer of 2025.
Alexandre Lacazette expired with Lyon in the summer of 2025, he decided not to renew the contract with the French team. After considering the offer, the player born in 1991 decided to dock Neom SC.
The 34 -year -old striker will sign a 2 -year contract with the club playing in the Saudi Pro League, allowing him to stick with the new team until 2027. Lacazette will stand side by side with his former teammate Said Benrahma at the new club. In addition, goalkeeper Marcin Bulka of Lille also prepared to join Neom SC.
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Alexandre Lacazette officially joined the Saudi Pro League. |
Neom SC is one of the rookie of Saudi Pro League in the 2025/26 season, they are actively upgrading the squad to hope to be relegated successfully. Alexandre Lacazette was once the captain of Arsenal, he was also the pillar of Lyon in the last two seasons when scoring a total of 43 goals.
Calculated Lacazette scored 201 goals and had 55 assists after 391 appearances in Lyon shirt, becoming one of the greatest goalscores in the history of the team. However, he decided to leave in the context that Lyon was facing financial difficulties and was just relegated by Ligue 1 due to not meeting the budget balance criteria.
Lacazette is the next European star to Saudi Arabia to play, after Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, Aymeric Laporte, Ruben Neves, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Karim Benzema, Fabio or Kante.