Transfer News: Arsenal Set Price For Chelsea To Sign Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s future at Arsenal is completely up in the air as the striker looks set to enter the final 12 months of his contract at the Emirates.

Football website 90Min have claimed that Chelsea are interested in raiding their London rivals this summer for 30-year-old Aubameyang. However, they are not alone in their pursuit of the

Arsenal and Gabon captain, with the likes of Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain also trying to lure the Arsenal main man to their club.

Arsenal are resigned to losing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang this summer and have placed a £30million price tag on the Gabon international.

The 30-year-old has just 14 months to run on his deal at the Emirates and has intimated that he will not be signing a new one. That leaves Arsenal in a predicament, particularly given the

financial hit that the club expect to take from the coronavirus crisis.

Aubameyang is one of the club’s highest earners and ordinarily would be worth around £55m-£60m on the market if he was not close to the end of his contract.

However, with clubs unlikely to sanction big money moves and Arsenal facing the prospect of losing him for free, the Sun claim the Gunners will accept bids of around £30m. Aubameyang

is valued at £30m

That will be music to the ears of Barcelona, who have followed the previous Dortmund expert throughout the previous a year. 

In any case, ought to Aubameyang wish to remain in London, it gives Chelsea restored trust that they could sign the forward, who is willing to play Champions League football next term. 

Arsenal’s preference would be to sell to a a club abroad but getting Aubameyang’s reported £200,000-a-week wages off the books is likely to be a priority if the club fail to qualify for the Champions League.

The former AC Milan and St. Etienne striker has continued his magnificent form this season, netting 20 goals in 32 league and cup appearances – despite playing out wide on occasion.

He has also laid on one assist.

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