Liverpool striker CRISIS to continue as Lyon rule out Lacazette sale

LYON have categorically ruled out selling Alexandre Lacazette to Liverpool in January.

The French striker is in demand after firing an impressive 17 goals in Ligue 1 so far this term.

Liverpool have been tipped to swoop when the window opens while Newcastle were linked in the summer.

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But Lyon chief Jean-Michel Aulas has told L'Equipe Lacazette will be going nowhere.

Aulas said: "It's more than a desire, it's a decision.

"It has happened, by obligation, that we say 'No' in the hope of getting a big offer, but this time, it's 'No,' and it's a question of strategy.

"We will not sell. We have just invested more than 400 million euros in a new stadium, so to sell our best players, who would enable us to play the Champions League in that stadium, would be to go against our strategy."