In London, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has experienced it all. Top scorer in the Premier League during the 2018-2019 season, the Gabonese striker delighted the Emirates Stadium before experiencing a more complicated end to his adventure. Indeed, he had seen his story in England end in a quarrel with his trainer Mikel Arteta. At the time, he had received approval from his management to pick up his sick mother, but the Spanish technician had obviously not appreciated this. Discarded, he then managed to bounce back in Spain by flying off for a six-month stint at Barça.
“I don’t know why he said that. I was really upset.”
Now based in Saudi Arabia with Al-Qadsiah, he returned to this episode at length during an interview with The Athletic : “I was the one who made a mistake. I should have come back the night before, but I arrived in the morning. I didn’t say I was going to miss the plane because I was worried about My mother’s situation. I went straight to a team meeting. Everything was normal. After that, he (Arteta) said: ‘Come with me.’ said I couldn’t do that because I was the captain and it wasn’t acceptable. He said I stabbed him in the back. I don’t know why he said that. I was really upset because it wasn’t. true and he knew why I took the plane He knew the reason and what was happening, he knew I was in trouble that year I was looking for help from him, not that he. kills me like that (…) When I’m late, it’s my fault, no problem. I always apologized. But in this case, I will never apologize for taking my mother from Laval to London.
Subsequently, he spoke of the tipping point that caused his departure, a discussion during which he ended with tears in his eyes: “When we arrived at the hotel, he called me into his room and said I wouldn’t play. He was strict. The rules are the rules. I felt hurt because I really didn’t want to hurt anyone. a meeting and I stood up in front of everyone to apologize. He also came to my house to talk, because he didn’t want it to be chaos. I said to myself, ‘Everything will be fine.’ “. A few months later, Aubameyang ended his adventure in England, but he obviously has not forgotten this episode.
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To summarize
Arsenal scorer between 2018 and 2022, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang returned to the end of his history with the Gunners and his disagreement with Mikel Arteta.
