At last, the Premier League football season is upon us once again.
The privilege of kicking off proceedings for the 2017/18 campaign has been presented to the 2015-16 Premier League champions Leicester City, who take a trip down to north London to face Arsenal.
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But the Foxes will face a stern test straight up against a rejuvenated Arsene Wenger, led by the dominant and rampant figure of their record £46.5 million summer signing from Lyon in Alexandre Lacazette.
And it is the 26-year-old French striker that Craig Shakespeare should be worried about, with Lacazette scoring six times in his last four opening matches in Ligue 1, and this – added to the fact that Leicester have lost seven of their last eight curtain raisers – is why he is a must have Draft Fantasy Football pick.
The France international is certainly a man that likes to get off to a flying start each year, and last season it was lowly French side Nancy that felt his full force by being on the end of his inspired match-winning hat-trick.
Lacazette has already shown that he’s sharp enough for the English top flight, only being denied a debut goal in the Community Shield victory over arch-rivals Chelsea last weekend by the woodwork.
And it would be a brave man to bet against him opening his account with yet another opening day goal, helping his new team secure a morale-boosting three points at the beginning of the new campaign.
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With Alexis Sanchez ruled out through an abdominal injury and Olivier Giroud’s future uncertain, Lacazette will be the man Arsenal look to on Friday night to get their season off to the perfect start.
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