Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has revealed he instructed Ousmane Dembele to remain at Barcelona following his arrival on a free switch.
Dembele was anticipated to go away Barça in the course of the January switch window, with talks over a brand new contract dragging out earlier than the Catalan giants determined they wished to ditch him. Nevertheless, one other membership couldn’t be discovered and he has since been introduced again into the squad by supervisor Xavi.
Aubameyang had his contract with Arsenal terminated by mutual consent after shedding the membership captaincy, having fallen out with Mikel Arteta over disciplinary breaches.
The Gabon worldwide has made a quick begin to life in La Liga and netted a hat trick within the 4-1 victory over Valencia on Sunday, whereas Dembele began and arrange Frenkie de Jong’s strike.
Aubameyang has now revealed he instructed Dembele to signal a brand new contract at Camp Nou, having loved success collectively at former membership Borussia Dortmund.
He mentioned: “To inform the reality, I’m very comfortable that he’s right here and once I arrived I instructed him: ‘You need to keep, bro!’
“It’s one thing very particular [to play with him] as a result of we had an unbelievable yr in Dortmund and he’s an unbelievable participant. Ousmane is without doubt one of the greatest on the ball and as a striker he’s unbelievable.
“I do not know [if he’ll stay], however the one factor I can say is that every thing is feasible in life.”
Each will anticipate to function once more on Thursday when Barça journey to Italy to face Napoli within the second leg of their Europa League knockout spherical play-off with the rating locked at 1-1.
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