Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has signed a £55m deal with Arsenal from Borussia Dortmund.
The 28-year-old has joined us from Borussia Dortmund on a long-term contract for a club-record fee.
Our second signing of the January transfer window, Auba is one of the world’s most highly-rated strikers. He scored 98 goals in 144 Bundesliga games for Dortmund and had a hand in 172 goals in 213 matches in all competitions for his former club.
That works out at an average of 96 minutes per goal or assist.
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Auba is the Gabon captain and all-time top goalscorer, and became the first Gabonese winner of the African Footballer of the Year award in 2015.
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This deal is subject to the completion of regulatory processes and Auba’s squad number will be confirmed shortly.
We hope to be hearing from the man himself very soon – watch this space for exclusive Aubameyang content!
Aubameyang began his career at Milan, who loaned him to four French clubs before he joined Saint-Étienne permanently in 2011.
After winning the 2013 Coupe de la Ligue Final, he joined Dortmund, where he has twice won the DFL-Supercup in 2013 and 2014.
Despite playing once for France Under-21, Aubameyang made his senior international debut for Gabon in 2009, and has represented them at three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and the 2012 Olympics.
Aubameyang was the winner of CAF’s African Footballer of the Year award in 2015, becoming the first Gabonese player to win the award.
In December 2016, he was named by The Guardian as the eighth-best footballer in the world.
He is the son of former Gabonese captain Pierre Aubameyang
