Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will no longer captain Arsenal after a disciplinary problem, the English club announced on Tuesday. “After his last disciplinary offense, last week, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will no longer be the captain of the team and he will not be selected for the match against West Ham,” Wednesday, the Gunners explained in their press release.
“We expect all our players, in particular our captain, that they follow the rules and customs on which we have agreed,” adds the club, without specifying who will wear the armband Wednesday night. According to the online magazine The Athletic, Aubameyang had returned late from a visit to France last week and the 48-hour quarantine imposed on his return to fight the Covid had caused him to miss training.
An update on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
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He inherited the armband in 2019
Last March, Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta chose not to field the player for a derby against Tottenham because he arrived late for a pre-match meeting. Aubameyang inherited the armband in 2019 when it was withdrawn from Granit Xhaka after angry gestures against supporters who whistled at him, during a replacement against Crystal Palace.
Aubameyang had led Arsenal to their last trophy, the FA Cup 2020, scoring a brace in the semi-finals and the final, but since his 3-year contract extension, which made him one of the players. highest paid in the Premier League (21 million euros per year), his statistics have collapsed. He had only scored 10 league goals last season, Arsenal finishing 8th, while this season he is 4 goals and an assist in 14 appearances.