Fabrizio Romano has offered exclusive insight into what went wrong between Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Mikel Arteta at Arsenal before the Gabonese striker moved to Barcelona in January.
Aubameyang had been a star player for Arsenal for a number of years, but it’s clear that things ended on a sour note between him and Arteta, with the Spanish strategist stripping him of the captaincy and dropping him from the team towards the end of his time. at the Emirates Stadium.
Aubameyang has since revived his career in fine form at Barcelona before returning to London on a transfer to Chelsea this summer.
Still, old video footage has surfaced online showing the 33-year-old criticizing Arteta and saying the Gunners boss can’t handle big personalities in the locker room.
Aubameyang has addressed the video on Twitter, admitting he left Arsenal with bad feelings, although he now wishes his former club well.
Writing about this issue in his CaughtOffside column on Substack, Romano said: “I think it’s normal to see these kinds of issues between top players and top managers when things don’t work out.
“The relationship was broken in January of last season but there is respect between Arteta and Auba. And they tell me that Auba has been an excellent professional with both Chelsea and Barca so far, there has never been any problem there.”
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Arsenal fans will surely be disappointed that things couldn’t work out between Aubameyang and Arteta, as their former striker was a world-class player for them in his prime, and probably still could have contributed something to this team.
However, it will be easier for the Gooners to cope as they have done very well this season with the signing of Gabriel Jesus up front, with the Brazilian international doing more than his bit to replace Aubameyang’s quality in the forward since his transfer from Manchester City. .
