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‘What went through Arteta’s head’: National media think Arsenal made a big transfer error last month
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has been criticised by for pushing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang out of the club last month.
The Gabon star fell out with the Gunners boss in December and Arteta quickly pushed him away from the side. Arteta just didn’t want him anymore and Arsenal had another Mesut Ozil situation at the club.
After weeks of talks, Arsenal decided to terminate Aubameyang’s contract on the 1st of February. He completed his move to Barcelona soon after and many fans of the North London club believed it was the best decision.
Now, a little over six weeks after his move to the Camp Nou, Aubameyang is back to his best.
Arteta criticised for pushing Aubameyang out of Arsenal
Aubameyang has only started eight games for Barcelona since his move last month but he already scored nine goals in all competitions. The Gabon star also has seven goals to his name in his last five league appearances, which is a phenomenal return.
The 32-year-old already has a hat-trick to his name and even scored a phenomenal brace against Barcelona’s great rivals Real Madrid at the weekend.
Aubameyang looks incredible again and that has left people in Spain confused about Arteta’s decision last month.
write that the Arsenal boss must be ‘biting his fists’ now, while fans of the Gunners must be wondering ‘what went through Mikel Arteta’s head’ to push a player of Aubameyang’s quality out of the Emirates.
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Aubameyang’s numbers at Barcelona are absolutely incredible. Nine goals and an assist in eight starts is a world-class return and just looking at that will make many wonder why Arsenal even considered letting him leave.
However, Arteta was right to do what he did last month.
Apart from the fall-out between the two, things just weren’t working for Aubameyang at Arsenal. He had scored just seven times this season and looked nothing like his previous self.
Parting ways was the best thing for both parties last month and the fact that both Arsenal and Aubameyang are doing incredibly well now is proof that it’s not always a bad thing to go separate ways.
