ARRIVEDERCI? Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ‘jets off to MILAN’ as he misses Chelsea game hours after Champions League squad axe

Posted Saturday, February 04, 2023 by Thesun.co.uk

PIERRE EMERICK-AUBAMEYANG appears to be in MILAN after being axed from Chelsea’s Champions League squad.

The striker’s brother has shared a family snap, which includes the Gabon ace, posing in the Italian city - despite the Blues currently being in action against Fulham.

ARRIVEDERCI? Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ‘jets off to MILAN’ as he misses Chelsea game hours after Champions League squad axe
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been axed from Chelsea's Champions league squad

ARRIVEDERCI? Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ‘jets off to MILAN’ as he misses Chelsea game hours after Champions League squad axe
The star's brother posted this snap of them in Milan on Friday

Aubameyang, 33, was left out in order to accommodate the club’s recent arrivals.

Chelsea’s record January transfer outlay led to them bringing in EIGHT new players in.

However, Uefa rules mean that they are only able to include three of their signings in their Champions League squad for the knockouts.

Chelsea forked out a whopping £107m upfront with a potential further £4m to follow in add-ons to Benfica for Enzo Fernandez.

And the most-expensive player in Britain has been included along with Mykhailo Mudryk and Joao Felix.

Therefore that means that fellow new boys David Datro Fofana, Noni Madueke, Andrey Santos, Gabriel Slonina and Benoit Badiashile have all missed out.

Jorginho’s deadline day exit to Arsenal did free up one place in the squad - which was only initially a 24-man one for the group stages.

But another player also had to be omitted to make room for the trio which has led to Aubameyang being left out.

To rub further salt in his wounds, the star was then left out of the Chelsea squad for Friday’s clash with Fulham and he did not hang around to offer his support to his team-mates.

Instead of heading to Stamford Bridge to watch the action, he jetted to Milan and has been pictured with his family in Italy.

Aubameyang’s brother, Willy, uploaded a snap alongside his sibling and their kids in front of the Duomo di Milano and captioned it with: “My Family.”

He only moved to Stamford Bridge in September from Stamford Bridge but has scored just three goals and started nine matches since Potter took over.

It remains to be seen what Potter says about Aubameyang’s apparent no-show, but no matter what the veteran forward will be unable to leave or play for another club until next season due to already appearing for both Barca and the Blues this campaign.