On-loan Arsenal star Lucas Perez told to ‘get out of our club’ by Deportivo fans after they graffiti on wall
Spaniard has struggled for form since return to former club and supporters have made a public statement calling for him to be sent back to North London
LUCAS PEREZ has been the subject of graffiti abuse from Deportivo La Coruna supporters demanding he be kicked out of the club.
Arsenal striker Perez is in the middle of a season-long loan deal in Spain after failing to force his way into Arsene Wenger's first team plans.
But the 29-year-old has found it hard to replicate the form he showed in his first spell with the La Liga club.
He has scored just five goals in 21 appearances in all competitions this season - and the last of those came back in mid-November.
Perez's poor return has been used as an excuse for the side's struggles in the league this season, with Deportivo languishing in the relegation zone.
And that has made him a target for criticism from some sections of the crowd who believe he is not good enough to be playing.
One disgruntled punter sought out a residential area where the striker had lived to take his anger to another level.
The message "Lucas Perez - Get out of our club" was daubed on the wall in a clear attempt to single the player out.
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But in a twist to the attempt at unsettling the forward, one local resident stuck his own reply on the wall telling them he no longer lived there.
The note read: "Lucas no longer lives here, a**hole".
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Even so, the sight of the Arsenal star having to put up with such criticism will come as a major blow to his confidence.
Perez has now gone ten matches without a goal, and showing nothing like the form that saw him hit 18 in 37 in the season before he moved to the Emirates in a £17million deal.
It now seems unlikely that the club will want to make his move permanent this summer, especially if they are relegated from the top division in Spain.
That means he will return to Arsenal where he looks a long way out of Wenger's thinking for the future.
The £60m capture of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang last month is a clear indication the Gunners have moved on with their attacking plans.
And Alexandre Lacazette would also be ahead of Perez in the queue for a game, although former Arsenal star Emmanuel Petit fears Wenger may already have decided he no longer has a future at the club.
