The Arsenal announced this Tuesday that, due to a new act of indiscipline committed by Pierre-Emerick last week, withdraws the captaincy from the Gabonese forward, who is also excluded from this Wednesday’s match against West Ham, corresponding to the Premier. Earthquake in the Arsenal dressing room.
Aubameyang was already excluded last Saturday from the match against Southampton, which Arsenal defeated by a convincing 3-0. The exclusion was due to the fact that the Gabonese star returned late from a trip abroad that had been approved by the club. Previously, according to English media, heavyweights from the Arsenal dressing room had already questioned the attacker’s role as captain.
In their statement, Arsenal said that as a club they expect “all our players, particularly our captain, to comply with the established and agreed rules and standards.” And he concluded: “Now we are focused on tomorrow’s meeting.” Aubameyang only has 4 goals in this Premier and has not scored since last October 22.
The Arsenal captaincy has recently been embroiled in controversy. Precisely Aubameyang became captain ‘gunner’ in November 2019 after Unai Emery, then coach of Arsenal, dispossessed of the bracelet to Granit Xhaka following a confrontation between the Swiss international and a group of fans.
Xhaka faced the stands and removed his shirt after being substituted in the draw (2-2) against Crystal Palace at the Emirates on October 28, 2019. On November 5, the current Villarreal coach announced that the chosen to relieve him as captain was Aubameyang.
According to English media, with the current Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, the Gabonese striker maintains an exclusively labor relationship, although the coach has always denied problems with Aubameyang.