Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the most critical striker Arsenal ever had, is already regarded as a legend by much part of the Gunners faithful. But all was not in place when he joined Arsenal for then club record fee of £56 million in January 2018 – the Gabonese went berserk in order to make sure he completes his Arsenal switch.
And Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has aimed dig at Pierre, suggesting that monetary reasons persuaded him to leave Germamy to join Arsenal.
Aubameyang has scored 141 goals in 213 appearances for Dortmund before completing his Arsenal move and has ever since been a phenomena at the Emirates scoring 49 goals in 73 appearances in Red and White, including the equaliser in the 1-1 draw against Manchester United on couple of days back.
Unai Emery’s men will take on Standard Liege in their second Europa League game of the season on Thursday night, meanwhile Borussia take on Slavia Praha in Champions League tonight.
And Dortmund’s CEO has took comparisons over two fixtures to aim dig at PEA.
“Of course it is hard to keep a player in the face of such sums,” he told Suddeutsche Zeitung.
“Some go to clubs because of this money, where they have not played Champions League for years.
“Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who plays great at Arsenal, will probably be warm-hearted when he looks at his bank account, but on Wednesdays, will be saddened when he has to watch the Champions League on television.”
