First it was 53m€ and no it doesn't equate to 80m£ post Neymar. Neymar transfer has nothing to do with any other transfer outside of Dembélé and Coutinho. These weird links need to stop, a player fee is mainly in a vaccum.
And it's ridiculous to label it as astronomical when Diego Costa, Morata and Lukaku went for more the same summer, Higuain went for 40 more millions the previous window.
It was £46.5m rising to £52.6m.
Higuain had just scored more goals than games in his final season for Napoli in Serie A. In his time with Napoli scored 71 in 105 games in a better league than France and in a league notoriously difficult to score goals. In his peak, he was a MUCH better player than Lacazette, and a regular for his country.
Diego Costa was and is a much better player than Lacazette and only cost Atletico £5m more than Lacazette cost (having scored 52 in 80 Premier League games and winning the title).
Lukaku left United with a record of a goal every 178 minutes (as you like your stats like this, or as I prefer 28 league goals in 66 appearances) but considered a flop.
Morata was obviously a waste of money and has been a massive flop.
Tell me then, considering the inflation of transfer fees post Neymar, how much would Lacazette have cost in today's market? Would his record justify that fee? If you're seriously telling me that he'd have cost Arsenal the same money now than then, you're having a laugh. His record is not that of a man who cost such money, and his impact has not been that which was expected.
Ndombele this summer just cost £55m - £60m. Are you saying he would have cost the same the summer than Lacazette signed for Arsenal, and pre Neymar? Of course not. He's have been around £20m - £25m cheaper.