French Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais has confirmed the re-signing of Alexandre Lacazette who returned to France after his contract expired with Arsenal.

 Lacazette signed a three-year contract that would see him remain with Lyon until June 30, 2025.

The club, in a statement on Thursday on its official website, welcomed their former academy player despite offers from many clubs in Europe.

“Olympique Lyonnais are very proud and very happy to announce the return to the club of Alexandre Lacazette, a product of the club’s academy, for the next three seasons.”

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“Out of contract at English club Arsenal, the French international has signed a three-year deal through June 30, 2025.

“Having transferred in July 2017 to Arsenal for the record sum of €60M (including bonuses), Alexandre Lacazette, at 31, has made the choice to return to the club which has seen him grow and become one of the greatest strikers in its history, despite offers from many major European clubs in recent weeks.

“Having arrived at OL in 2003 at the age of 12, the French international (16 caps) has played 15 seasons for the club, eight of them with the first team, for whom he played 275 matches and scored 129 goals, ranking among the top scorers in club history behind Fleury Di Nallo, Bernard Lacombe and Serge Chiesa.

“Winner of the Coupe de France and the Trophée des Champions in 2012, Alexandre Lacazette distinguished himself on January 9, 2016, by becoming the first scorer in the history of Groupama Stadium against Troyes (4-1).

He also holds the record for most goals scored by an OL player in a Ligue 1 season (28 in 2016/2017) and is the only player in Ligue 1 history to score 20 goals in three straight seasons. “

Lacazette won the Emirates FA Cup and the Community Shield during his time at Arsenal.

Lacazette began his senior career with Lyon, his local club when he was 19 years old. Originally a wide forward, he was converted to a striker and concluded the 2014–15 season Ligue 1’s leading goal scorer and Player of the Year.