Arsenal offer $61.1m for Aubameyang
berlin — Arsenal have reportedly had a first offer of 50 million euros ($61.1 million) for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang rejected by his German club Borussia Dortmund, according to Kicker magazine on Saturday.
Aubameyang, last season’s top scorer in the German league with 31 goals, has been dropped by Dortmund for the last two games amid speculation he is chasing a move to the Premier League club.
Arsenal are reportedly on the verge of selling Chile striker Alexis Sanchez to Manchester United.
Dortmund will not accept less than 60 million euros for Gabon hot-shot Aubameyang, who is under contract with Borussia until 2021, reports say.
Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke confirmed to media, that there has now been contact with Arsenal, but said reports of a possible fee are “speculation” and “the first contact has not been about money”.
Aubameyang was dropped for Dortmund’s draws with Wolfsburg last Sunday and at Hertha Berlin on Friday after failing to attend a team meeting, and the club say he has lacked “focus” in training.
His father, also his agent, was said to be in London this week to try to push through a transfer to Arsenal.
Aubameyang trained hard alongside Dortmund’s reserves for an hour on Saturday.
His tempo was noticeably higher than it had been having been dropped by Stoeger for Friday’s draw after the head coach thought the striker had been distracted in the final session before the Bundesliga match in Berlin. —