Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

[Raketa10]

No more Jutgla-Luuk-Abde frontlines. I'm in tears of joy here.

Same here!

 

[malvolio]

Wait a second, he is joining us for FREE and signing a permanent deal for 18 months?

So that means Arsenal is giving him up for free even though he has a contract with them?

And it is not a loan, we have to pay his wages for 18 months regardless of how he turns out for us?

What?

arsenal just want to get rid of him. the guy has a huge salary.

 

[MTL_Barca]

Collecting bums

But i guess compared to Luuk De Jong and Braithwaite he's prime Henry

 

[delancey]

Wait a second, he is joining us for FREE and signing a permanent deal for 18 months?

So that means Arsenal is giving him up for free even though he has a contract with them?

And it is not a loan, we have to pay his wages for 18 months regardless of how he turns out for us?

What?

350,000 pounds / week *52 weeks = 18,200,000 pounds per year.

No way we?re paying that. 😅 He must have agreed to a significant salary cut to be able to transfer here.

 

[Luftstalag14]

They want him out of there. He's been a problem character behind the scenes.

So the earlier reports of the talks broken off between Arsenal and us due to money were bogus? The real problem was Aubameyang lowering his salary enough to fit our salary cap?

The fact that Arsenal would offload him for free is a very, very alarming sign.w

 

[Raketa10]

Collecting bums

But i guess compared to Luuk De Jong and Braithwaite he's prime Henry

Compared to them he is Messi-Ronaldinho-Ronaldo-Pele-Maradona combo!

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

350,000 pounds / week *52 weeks = 18,200,000 pounds per year.

No way we?re paying that. 😅 He must have agreed to a significant salary cut to be able to transfer here.

Sky Sports said he took a sizable paycut. He was very overpaid before.

 

[JamDav1982]

So the earlier reports of the talks broken off between Arsenal and us due to money were bogus? The real problem was Aubameyang lowering his salary enough to fit our salary cap?

The fact that Arsenal would offload him for free is a very, very alarming sign.w

Arsenal are shit scared of another Ozil situation and Arteta/Auba relationship broken down.

For Barca he would be on nowhere near that money and a fresh start.

It is a gamble but in current situation there is no real other option.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

So the earlier reports of the talks broken off between Arsenal and us due to money were bogus? The real problem was Aubameyang lowering his salary enough to fit our salary cap?

The fact that Arsenal would offload him for free is a very, very alarming sign.w

Maybe not total bogus. Maybe they first thought Arsenal would pay part of the salary or something,but in the end when that didn't happen, this was the only way to do it.

 

[delancey]

Sky Sports said he took a sizable paycut. He was very overpaid before.

Did they mention any numbers?

 

[behindbrowneyes]

Wait a second, he is joining us for FREE and signing a permanent deal for 18 months?

So that means Arsenal is giving him up for free even though he has a contract with them?

And it is not a loan, we have to pay his wages for 18 months regardless of how he turns out for us?

What?

Releasing him now saves Arsenal over 20M in the next 18 months of his contract there. That's more than his current market value and if Arteta really 'shits' on him like Koeman did on Pjanic it"s a no brainer for them.

Their squad depth is thin though, so some fans might scream.

I'm bit worried about his physical condition. He is reported to have heart issues since got Covid.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Did they mention any numbers?

But it's understood that Aubameyang, who flew out to Barcelona on Monday morning, took a significant pay cut to facilitate the move.


https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12691/12529892/pierre-emerick-aubameyang-barcelona-agree-deal-to-sign-arsenal-striker

No numbers yet

 

[Raketa10]

Releasing him now saves Arsenal over 20M in the next 18 months of his contract there. That's more than his current market value and if Arteta really 'shits' on him like Koeman did on Pjanic it"s a no brainer for them.

Their squad depth is thin though, so some fans might scream.

I'm bit worried about his physical condition. He is reported to have heart issues since got Covid.

Wait WHAT???

 

[Messi983]

Did they mention any numbers?

No, but it was reported earlier today we have around 2m cap space so it should be less than that.

 

[behindbrowneyes]

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Wait WHAT???

https://amp.marca.com/en/football/arsenal/2022/01/15/61e2c7c7e2704e39b88b45f0.html

Reports later said it isn't that serious, but don't want another Aguero situation here.