FILE PHOTO: Football Soccer - Besiktas v Olympique Lyonnais - UEFA Europa League Quarter Final Second Leg - Vodafone Arena, Istanbul, Turkey - 20/4/17 Lyon's Alexandre Lacazette celebrates scoring their first goal Reuters / Murad Sezer Livepic
PARIS (Reuters) - Shares in Olympique Lyonnais rose on Thursday after the French soccer club announced the sale of striker Alexandre Lacazette to Arsenal for a fee of up to 60 million euros ($68 million).
Lyon said the fee for Lacazette, who recently broke into the French national team, was the highest ever achieved by the club in a transfer.
