DBasia.news – Mikel Arteta doesn’t want to rush to end Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s career at Arsenal. The Gunners manager is still giving the player a chance to improve.
Since the beginning of this week, Aubameyang’s status has been frozen from the Arsenal main squad. His status as team captain has also been changed.
This is due to the indisciplinary violations committed by Aubameyang. Arteta thinks the Gabonese striker has not shown his commitment to Arsenal.
Aubameyang was not included in Arsenal’s list of players in the last two games against Southampton and West Ham United. Remarkably, the club from North London was still able to win.
This raises the assumption that Aubameyang will not play for Arsenal again. He is likely to be sold when the winter transfer window opens.
But Arteta denied this assumption. He emphasized that Aubameyang still had a chance to come back in the next match.
“Aubameyang is not eligible for this match (against West Ham) and the game is over. We will discuss it (Aubameyang’s fate) in the near future,” Arteta told BT Sport.
Arteta’s statement may be just a mere formality. But it could also be that he still hopes Aubameyang can change his attitude.
After all, Aubameyang is still one of Arsenal’s best strikers. Arteta needed him to score goals and lead his team to victory.
“I expect it from every player to stick to our values,” said Arteta.