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Thierry Henry Comments on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s Arsenal Future

Arsenal Striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Arsenal Striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Thierry Henry has said that Arsenal fans will not want Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to leave the club in the summer transfer window.

The Arsenal legend believes that the Gunners will miss Aubameyang’s goals if the former Borussia Dortmund striker decides to part company with the North London outfit.

The 30-year-old is reportedly in huge demand, with Real Madrid and Barcelona interested in him.

Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United are also claimed to want the former AC Milan prospect.

Henry told Sky Sports about Aubameyang: “Everybody will do what they have to do. How am I going to tell someone to stay when I left? As an Arsenal fan, you want him to stay, but as a football player, he will assess the situation with his family, with his dad who I know also and will see what’s the best for them.

“If you’re an Arsenal man, you don’t want him to leave but also the guy has a career. I don’t know what’s in his head and where he wants to go, but all I know is that we are definitely going to miss his goals if he does leave. He does score goals and if you take the goals of Aubameyang away, it’s a tough one.

“I respect the decisions of people, I respect what they have to go through and what dream or desire they have but any Arsenal fan would be crazy to say he should leave. We don’t want him to leave but on the other side, you have to understand that the guy may need to see something else.”

Stats

Aubameyang joined Arsenal from German club Dortmund in January 2018 for a transfer fee of 56 million pounds.

The striker scored 10 goals and provided four assists in 13 Premier League appearances for Arsenal during the second half of the 2017-18 campaign.

The Gabon international scored 22 goals and provided five assists in the league, and scored eight goals and provided two assists in the Europa League during the 2018-19 campaign.

So far this season, Aubameyang has scored 17 goals and provided one assist in the Premier League and has scored three goals in the Europa League for the Gunners.

The Premier League and the Europa League are suspended at the moment due to the coronavirus pandemic.