Barcelona make Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang transfer decision with Arsenal ready to sell

Posted Sunday, March 15, 2020 by Express.co.uk

Barcelona make Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang transfer decision with Arsenal ready to sell
Arsenal news: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang may no longer move to Barcelona (Image: GETTY)

Arsenal are ready to sell Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang if they cannot reach a compromise but Barcelona are ready to end their interest.

Barcelona are ready to end Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s dreams of swapping London for Catalonia this summer.

The Catalan giants want to bolster their strike force and have been looking at the Arsenal hitman who has scored 20 goals in 32 appearances so far this season.

The Gunners have got Aubameyang, 30, under contract until the end of next season and he has been linked with both Barcelona and Inter Milan.

And even though they have improved under Mikel Arteta, the club could miss out on the Champions League which will leave another hole in their finances to fill.

Aubameyang’s ￡300,000-a-week demands - an increase of around 30 per cent on his current deal - have caused talks about an extension to stall, and they could now look to sell.

But Barca have told Aubameyang that he isn’t their priority with Inter Milan’s Lautaro Martinez and a return of Neymar from Paris Saint-Germain higher on their shopping list.

Inter have maintained their interest and will have money to spent if they sell Martinez and will make a move if Aubameyang and the Gunners board don’t reach a compromise.

His potential departure would no doubt hurt Arsenal's chances of moving forward, but Ian Wright wouldn't hold anything against Aubameyang leaving the club.

“If you can imagine him in a better team, he would be winning Premier Leagues and vying for places in Champions League finals and I think he deserves that,” Wright told Premier League Productions.

“You don't see him particularly vocal on the pitch, [no] pointing and screaming, but it's what he does in respect of his leadership with the goals that he scores.

“If you take his goals out of that team then they're in a massive heap of trouble.

“Arsenal need a few more players to kick in with their form to help him.

“We're talking about a goalscorer who is scoring at the rate of a Champions League player, a world-class goalscorer.

“We're talking about the last big contract in his career.

“I just hope that the love that he has for the club and the fans have for him is enough for him but I wouldn't want to be in his position because it's a tough one for him.”

Aubameyang has impressed again this season, netting 20 goals in all competitions.