Lucas Perez, a former Arsenal striker, made a fantastic homecoming to Deportivo La Coruna, scoring a double in his first game back.

The Spaniard recently secured a return to the third-division club – having left to join Arsenal in 2016 – by reportedly paying part of his own transfer fee to leave LaLiga side Cadiz.

Perez, 34, re-signed with Deportivo on a one-and-a-half year contract and has already made an impact with a brace on his debut.

After paying a portion of the £440,000 (€500,000) transfer price set by Cadiz in the summer, the ex-West Ham striker made his comeback in Deportivo’s league match against Unionistas de Salamanca on Sunday night.

Deep into extra time, he doubled his score for the night after collecting the ball inside the penalty area and neatly placed his shot beyond the Salamanca goalie.

‘It was fantastic,’ Perez remarked after the game, referring to his return to the Riazor. What I enjoyed the most was the great atmosphere.