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Over the last half a decade, Barcelona have splashed a ton of cash on forwards. Most of whom have turned out to be a shadow of their own previous selves. Among these are centre-forwards like Martin Braithwaite, Sergio Aguero, Antoine Griezmann, Luuk de Jong, Memphis Depay, and most recently Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. With the exception of Auba, it can be argued that every other name on that list has been a miss. The Gabonese international, however, hit the ground running almost as soon as he joined, scoring 11 goals in 17 league games.

And while he has shown little sign of slowing down, the plug on his tenure could be pulled early as Barcelona have announced the signing of Robert Lewandowski. The Pole has been the top scorer in Europe in the last five seasons, by some distance, and joins the Catalans on a four-year deal for €45 million, plus €5 million in add-ons. Not only are his goal-scoring numbers are mind-boggling, but his style of play also fits Barcelona much better than Aubameyang. Lewa holds up the ball much better, can anchor the attack brilliantly, and has the eye for a pass. Continue reading WHAT DOES LEWANDOWSKI’S SIGNING MEAN FOR AUBAMEYANG AT BARCELONA?

Barcelona attacker Pierre-EmerickAubameyang is eagerly anticipating the new season as he can’t wait to get started in the colours of his Catalan club. Aubameyang talked about the upcoming season in an interview monitored by MundoDeportivo.

Pierre-EmerickAubameyangbecame a Barcelona player when he joined on a free transfer from North London club Arsenal during the winter transfer window at the start of this year. He was frozen out of the Arsenal first-teamtowards the end of last year and his contract was thenterminated mutually for him to sign for the Catalan giants. Aubameyang made a good start to his Barcelona career with 11 goals in 17 La Liga games as he helped his new team recover from a bad start to finish second on the league table. Only champions Real Madrid had more points than Barcelona. The Catalan giants finished 13 points adrift of their arch rivals on the final La Liga table. Continue reading AUBAMEYANG CAN’T WAIT FOR NEW SEASON

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s departure from Arsenal remains something of a mystery, but a report from ESPN has shed light on why the striker had to leave the club.

According to the American outlet, Mikel Arteta decided to let Aubameyang leave the club as he felt his attitude was threatening the cultural reset the Spaniard wanted to implement at the Emirates.

While everything seemed to escalate very quickly between Aubameyang and Arteta towards the end of the striker’s time at Arsenal, ESPN are led to believe that there wasn’t a bust-up or a single incident that led to the attacker’s departure. Instead, Arteta simply wasn’t impressed by his general attitude. If it was Aubameyang’s general attitude that was an issue for Arteta, why did it take until December 2021 to make this decision?

Well, we’re not 100 per cent sure, but we can imagine that the striker’s torrid run of form may have had something to do with it. Aubameyang was undroppable for Arsenal for the longest time as he consistently topped the Gunners’ scoring charts, but after scoring just four goals in 14 Premier League appearances to start the season. All of a sudden, Arteta had more than one excuse to leave Aubameyang out of the side and eventually move him on.

Many had been waiting for the details of an explosive argument or one ill-willed incident to emerge, but it looks as though Aubameyang’s departure from Arsenal was seemingly on the cards for months before Arteta finally pulled the trigger and let him go.

The Spaniard is striving for a cultural reset at the Emirates, and we’re sure that will once again be reflected in the Gunners’ summer transfer business. The striker has since started life brilliantly in Spain since joining Barcelona some months ago.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang announced his international retirement on Wednesday, and while his decision to step away from the Gabon national side may signal the end of an era, it may not necessarily be for the worst.

Fond words, certainly, but rarely, among African greats, have the achievements of a club career been in such stark contrast to those of the same player at international level, and it’s hard to find too much in the way of a tangible Aubameyang legacy with the Panthers. Continue reading WHAT IS PIERRE-EMERICK AUBAMEYANG’S LEGACY WITH GABON?

Gabonese striker Pierre-EmerickAubameyang failed to find the back of the net as his Barcelona side lost 1-0 at home to Rayo Vallecano in the Spanish La Liga on Sunday. Alvaro Garcia scored the only goal of the match as early as the seventh minute. The early goal turned out to be the winning goal as Barcelona were condemned to a third successive defeat at home in all competitions.

The winner from Garcia took his tally to six goals and three assists in the Spanish league this season. His goal ensured that Rayo Vallecano moved closer to safety as far as La Liga football is concerned. With the away win, Rayo Vallecano have ten more points than Granada who are third from bottom with five games left to play in the division.

Barcelona have now lost three of their last four games in all competitions including the last three at home after the defeat to Rayo Vallecano at the Nou Camp at the weekend. The Catalan giants had gone on a run of 15 games without defeat before it came to and end courtesy the 3-2 defeat at home to 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt in the second leg of their quarterfinal tie.

Pierre-EmerickAubameyang began his Barcelona career well as he was a regular goalscorer, but the goals have dried up in recent games. He was not able to score in each of the two legs against Frankfurt in the Europa League as Barcelona were beaten 4-3 on aggregate. Barcelona had secured a 1-1 draw at the home of Frankfurt in the first leg only for them to suffer defeat to the German club in the second leg. Since the Frankfurt defeat, Barcelona have lost 1-0 to Cadiz and Rayo Vallecano at home, while beating Real Sociedad 1-0 at home. Pierre-EmerickAubameyang has managed just one goal in those four games starting from the home defeat to Frankfurt.Auba played just 71 minutes before he was replaced by Dutch midfielder Frenkie De Jong in the last match against Madrid-based Rayo Vallecano.

After the Rayo Vallecano game, Auba now has nine goals and one assist in 12 La Liga games for Barcelona.

Pierre-EmerickAubameyang was on target again for Barcelona as they needed an injury time goal from Dutch substitute Luuk De Jong to secure a 3-2 win at Levante in the Spanish La Liga last week.
Gabonese striker Pierre-EmerickAubameyang has been in very good form since he left Arsenal to join Barcelona as a free agent. Auba had more than one year left on his Gunners deal, but he was able to leave the North Londoners after his contract was cancelled thus paving the way for him to sign for Barcelona as a free agent. Pierre-EmerickAubameyang has been sidelined from the Arsenal starting XI for over a month before he joined Barcelona. He has ten goals plus one assist in 14 matches in all competitions including eight goals plus one assist in nine Spanish La Liga matches. Also, Aubameyang has scored twice in five Europa League outings in the colours of Barcelona.

For the Levante game, Barcelona went behind on 52 minutes through a Jose Luis Morales penalty after veteran Brazilian defender Dani Alves was penalised for a foul on Levante fullback Son in the box. Levante had the chance to score a second goal when they were awarded another penalty when Eric Garcia handled the ball in the Barcelona box, but Roger could not make it count from the resulting spot kick. The second penalty which was eventually missed was a wake-up call for the Catalans giants who responded with two goals in four minutes. Continue reading AUBA ON TARGET AGAIN FOR BARCELONA

Spanish giants Barcelona are through to the quarterfinals of this season’s Europa League campaign after they saw off Turkish Super League side Galatasaray in their round of 16 tie. Gabonese international Pierre-EmerickAubameyang scored the winning goal to propel Barcelona to a 2-1 comeback win over their Turkish opponents. Barcelona were able to book their place in the last eight of the competition thanks to the 2-1 aggregate win over Galatasaray.

Inaki Pena is a Galatasaray shot stopper on loan from Barcelona and he produced an impressive display to ensure that the first leg clash between his parent club and current club at the Nou Camp ended in a goalless draw thus leaving the second leg in the balance. Continue reading AUBA WINNER SENDS BARCELONA INTO QUARTERFINALS

New Barcelona signing Pierre-EmerickAubameyang was on a three-match scoring run before the Spanish La Liga trip to face Elche last weekend and the Gabonese international was looking to find the back of the net for the fourth game in a row in all competitions. In the end, Pierre-EmerickAubameyang was largely kept quiet by the Elche rearguard as his three-game scoring run came to an end.

Pierre-EmerickAubameyang started the three-game scoring run with three goals in the 4-1 away win over Valencia in the Spanish La Liga. It was his first set of goals in a Barcelona shirt since his free transfer move from Premier League heavyweights Arsenal just before the end of the winter transfer window in January. Aubameyangmade it four goals in two games when he scored the fourth Barcelona goal in the 4-2 away win over Italian team Napoli in what was the second leg of their Europa League play-off as the Catalans sealed a 5-3 aggregate win. Continue reading AUBAMEYANG SCORING RUN ENDS AT ELCHE

Al NassrFC of Saudi Arabia have shown an interest in signing Pierre-EmerickAubameyang from Arsenal. Sky Sports revealed that the Saudi Arabian club have made an offer for the Gabonese international.

Al Nassr were said to have made an offer to take Pierre-EmerickAubameyang on loan from the Gunners until the end of this season with an obligation to sign him. It had earlier been disclosed that Arsenal will consider offers for Aubameyang who has 18 months left on his Arsenal contract. The former A.C. Milan and Borussia Dortmund attacking talent put pen to paper on a new three-year deal at Arsenal at the start of last season, but he has not been able to show the form that made him one of the most feared strikers in the Premier League before he signed the new Arsenal contract in the summer of 2020.

Pierre-EmerickAubameyang signed the new Arsenal contract a few weeks after he scored a brace each in the semi-final and the final of the FA Cup during the 2019/20 season. His goals gave Arsenal a 2-0 win over Manchester City in the semi-final before they came from behind to beat Chelsea 2-1 in the final thanks to the two goals from the former Arsenal captain. Aubameyang scored four goals in those two FA Cup games against City and Chelsea on the way to Arsenal setting a record for the most FA Cup wins.

The future of Aubameyang at Arsenal is uncertain at the moment after he was stripped of the captain’s armband over a disciplinary breach last month. Arsenal can save around £25m in wages for the rest of his contract (18 months) if he moves to Al Nassr.

Aubameyang is currently in London after he returned earlier than expected from the ongoing African tournament being played in five cities in Cameroon. He was diagnosed with heart lesions while in Cameroon having missed the first two group games for Gabon due to a positive test for Covid-19.

Gabonese striker Pierre-EmerickAubameyang won’t be in the Arsenal squad for the New Year’s Day clash with Manchester City in the Premier League. Hosts Arsenal take on holders Manchester City at the Emirates Stadium and Pierre-EmerickAubameyang would be a major absentee for the game. The ex-AC Milan and Saint Etienne striker won’t be available for the game as he has decided to join the Gabon squad early ahead of the 2021 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in five cities across Cameroon.

Pierre-EmerickAubameyang has made the decision to join Gabon for the AFCON tournament earlier than expected after he was frozen out of the Arsenal squad over the last three weeks.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has dropped Aubameyang from his squad for the past five games in all competitions after a disciplinary breach. In addition to being taken out of the Arsenal squad for the last five games in the Premier League and CarabaoCup, Aubameyang was also stripped of the Arsenal captaincy. Strike partner and friend Alexandre Lacazette has assumed the captaincy role since the decision was made. Also, Arsenal have won all their five games in all competitions including four games in the league since Auba was taken out of the team.

In the first game without Auba in the team, Alexandre Lacazette, Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Magalhaes scored the goals as Arsenal beat Southampton 3-0 at home in the Premier League. For the second game, Gabriel Martinelli and substitute Emile Smith-Rowe scored to give Arsenal a 2-0 home win over top-four rivals West Ham United in the London Derby. The 4-1 away win over Leeds United made it three wins in a row for the Gunners. The 5-1 home win over League One side Sunderland was the fourth win on the bounce in all competitions, while the 5-0 away win over Norwich City made it five victories in a row.