Man United, Arsenal and Liverpool BOOST? Sought-after striker Alexandre Lacazette ‘hurt and disappointed’ by Lyon

The future of Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool target Alexandre Lacazette has been thrown into doubt after the Lyon striker revealed he was 'hurt and disappointed' by the actions of the club over his new contract.

Lacazette, the free-scoring forward, penned a one-year contract extension during the summer after months of speculation that he was set to leave.

The deal made, which now runs to 2019, made him Lyon's highest paid player after scoring 27 goals in 33 Ligue 1 games last season.

But Lacazette was not happy that club president Jean Michel Aulus decided to make it public what terms he was offering the 24-year-old in a bid to keep him at the Stade des Lumieres.

"Yes, it is his [Aulas'] attitude," he told L'Equipe.

"When he talks, a lot of fans listen. And when he retells things, seen from his point of view, it makes you think that the player is in the wrong. Yes his behaviour hurt and disappointed me.

"It hurt. I think that is a justified word to use. When you are a youngster at the club, in the town, and you have never really behaved in a nasty way to anyone, to be treated like that, yes, it hurts. I had had my best ever season, I really helped the team to reach the Champions League again."

The France international has scored just once in the first six Ligue 1 games so far this term.

On the contract speculation, he added: "It affects you, to be honest. You want to think about something else, but you cannot.

"Normally, you are happy to come back [to a new season], to see everyone again…but the coaching staff could see that I was not in a good place.

"The coaching staff were expecting a lot from me. And to see that I was not in a good way must have annoyed them. It really hurt me."