Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to Arsenal: Reporter makes big transfer claim live on BBC radio
ARSENAL will sign Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Borussia Dortmund this month and fans should be excited about his arrival as Alexis Sanchez’s replacement.
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That’s the verdict of the Mirror’s John Cross, who covers the Gunners and wrote a book on Arsene Wenger.
Arsenal are in the market for a new forward with contract rebel Sanchez on the way to Premier League rivals Manchester United.
And Aubameyang has emerged as the player most likely to replace the departing Chilean after he once again got himself in bother at Dortmund.
Reports this week have suggested the Gabon international’s representatives are in London to hammer out a deal for him to join Arsenal.
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And Cross has claimed Wenger’s side are on course to get Aubameyang on-board as they look to compensate for Sanchez’s exit.
"I do think he’s [Aubameyang] someone that he’d [Wenger] like to, sort of, work with," he told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"It’s an amazing situation as far as I’m concerned because Arsenal paid a record £52m for Alexandre Lacazette in the summer.
"He’s struggled I think, in many ways, to adapt to the Premier League and they are buying, effectively, the same player.
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"Look, he’s [Aubameyang] very quick, he’s pace, he moves the ball well.
"He’s an extremely exciting player and for Arsenal fans I think it’s one to be excited about simply because he would be more of a direct replacement, I think, for Sanchez.
"And I do actually think it’s a deal that will get done by the end of the window."
Aubameyang is unlikely to be the only new boy joining Arsenal, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan heading to north London in exchange for Sanchez.
