EPL: Arteta Told to Recall Aubameyang into Arsenal’s Squad

Arsenal legend, Paul Merson, has told the club’s manager, Mikel Arteta to call back Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to his squad.

The 53-year-old warned the Spanish coach against causing problems for himself in the course of punishing the former Borussia Dortmund star.

According to Merson, the Gabonese striker is one of the best players at Arsenal.

Meanwhile, the 32-year-old striker had been cast out of the Gunners’s first-team squad.

His banishment followed a disciplinary breach which was a resulted in losing the club’s captaincy.

Since then, Arteta has not played him and his situation was like jumping from frying pan into fire when he left Emirate Stadium early for international duty.

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Meanwhile, he was also debarred from featuring for his country at the ongoing African Cup Of Nations after being tested positive to Covid-19 which eventually led to heart issues.

Merson told Sky Sports: “To be honest, I thought Mikel Arteta chopped his nose off to spite his face in regard to Aubameyang in the first place.”

“Arsenal need to have a sit-down meeting with him. You have seen it before where players have just said, that’s it. He got hung out to dry and he got binned.”

“It could have all been sorted out behind the scenes. There’s a lot to this story and probably it could have been handled better on both sides, but now, it needs to get sorted out.”

“For me, Aubameyang, on his day, is still one of Arsenal’s best players.”