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Why Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang may switch to Chelsea from Barcelona

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1 year ago

August 4, 2022

Lewandowski is an improvement in terms of consistency from season to season, but it’s still difficult for the Gabonese striker who did pretty much everything right for Barcelona last season, including scoring twice at the Bernabeu as Barça defeated Real Madrid 4-0.

It was natural if Aubameyang’s performance dipped a bit in recent matches given that the team did nothing but hype the impending arrival of his replacement. Lewandowski is unquestionably Aubameyang’s replacement, there is no getting around that.

Every game will feature a Pole. He won’t be thrilled if he gets some rest so Aubameyang can keep focused.

At this point in his career, the 33-year-old attacker is not the same force when moved out wide to make room for a new centre-forward; in order to perform at his peak, he must be the team’s number nine.

The extent to which Barcelona is desperate to transfer any player to them, in part because it would help them force Cesar Azpilicueta out of the club and to the Camp Nou, needs to be considered when assessing the degree to which Chelsea are pushing the chase of Aubameyang.

They want Chelsea to purchase Frenkie De Jong, and after first attempting to pique interest by offering them Memphis Depay, they would be pleased to transfer them. Even while Xavi appreciates the thought of having the Gabon international on call if his team needs him, Aubameyang

Since Aubameyang’s road to regular first team football is currently obstructed, it has been surprise that other teams have not inquired about him so far this summer.

His performance from the prior year and his aptitude for blending into Barcelona’s style of play were noteworthy.

At Barcelona, he proved to be the best solution after appearing to be the largest problem at Arsenal. From the beginning, Xavi had Barça playing rapid transitional game, but he lacked a finisher to convert chances into goals.

Aubameyang demonstrated that he was that man at the Santiago Bernabeu and other locations on the grounds in Spain.

He gained popularity in the changing rooms as well. Aubameyang was at the center of the celebration as the Barcelona players leapt up and down after crushing Real Madrid, one arm around Eric Garcia and the other over one of the team’s uniform guys.

You can be sure he meant every word when they sang, “Being at Barça is the finest there is.” His departure from Arsenal, where he had lost the captaincy and ultimately his spot on the team due to poor play and disciplinary problems, was like a weight being lifted off his shoulders.

After benching him for one north London derby, Mikel Arteta said, “We had a disciplinary issue.

Photos of the player’s $2 million chrome-wrapped LaFerrari stopped in London traffic hinted that tardiness had been an issue, and people were also furious when the player arrived late from a trip to see his ill mother in France.

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In a flash, he had put everything behind him. Barcelona had trouble getting Aubameyang registered with the league (a familiar story)

However, because he moved as a free agent, he signed up two days after the transfer window closed. He then took off like a rocket, establishing an instant rapport with Ousmane Dembele, a former teammate at Borussia Dortmund.

He was only able to join Barcelona because he agreed to accept their offer to pay him a third of the £300,000 he was earning at Arsenal in exchange for taking a significant salary cut for his first season.

He might not end up at Stamford Bridge because of how much he would want to be back on “London money” at Chelsea. He is expressing a desire to stay, according to the early indications.

He is content in Barcelona, but it’s difficult to imagine how the correct financial offer and the assurance that he’ll be participating in the game rather than observing Lewandowski from the sidelines won’t influence his decision. particularly if Thomas Tuchel expresses a desire for him.