Arsenal will once again experience a turbulent summer. Some of his executives are going to pack their bags. This is particularly likely to be the case for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (30). The Gabonese striker comes to the end of the contract in June 2021 but an end of the season undecided because of the world health crisis and a glass ceiling which does not manage to be punctured by the London club for the qualifying places in the Champions League ( Arsenal is 8 points from Chelsea, 4th in the Premier League), it makes the player want to go elsewhere.
Many of them have already placed on the former Stéphanois, the Gunners’ best trigger since his arrival in January 2018 against 63 M € with 61 goals and 13 assists in 97 games. FC Barcelona is particularly interested as English clubs. Arsenal’s historic rivals Chelsea and Manchester United are in the running as gunners ’leaders will demand around € 55 million to let Aubameyang go. A nice sum that will be reinvested in his successor.
Arsenal is not alone
A player has already been identified to take over as attacking leader. According to the Mirror, Odsonne Edouard is Arsenal’s priority for next season. The PSG-trained player once again has a very interesting season on the side of Celtic Glasgow, with whom he has a contract until June 2022. Top scorer in the Scottish championship, he has 21 goals and 7 assists (he has also got 5 penalties) in just 27 games. All competitions combined with the national and European cups, it is 27 goals and 10 assists in 45 matches.
The international Espoirs is progressing season after season in Scotland and like a certain Moussa Dembélé before him, he is starting to catch the eye of better quality clubs. The Hoops, who paid € 10 million in the summer of 2018 to recruit him definitively, will certainly not want to sell their element, valued at around £ 30 million (€ 32.5 million). They can nevertheless raise the stakes because Everton and especially Leicester appreciate the player very much. More than ever in the race to qualify for the Champions League, the Foxes have one more argument than the Gunners, but also than Celtic. Besides, according to Edouard’s recent statements, he doesn’t seem to be in a rush to leave. The next transfer window will tell us what it is.
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