Lyon star Alexandre Lacazette admits Barcelona were keen last summer.

Lacazette bagged 21 goals for the French outfit last campaign and is already near to that total this season, having scored 18 times in Ligue 1.

"I think this summer is the time to freshen up my atmosphere and see something else," the attacker told Canal Plus on Sunday. "I think the time has come to progress in football."

Lacazette confirmed in the interview that his friend and international colleague, Samuel Umtiti, asked for him to come to Catalunya at the beginning of the season, but in the end he was left disenchanted by the lack of first-team football at the Camp Nou.