Released by Arsenal to join FC Barcelona this winter, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ultimately cost the London club a small fortune.
The Gunners yesterday formalized the breach of Aubameyang’s contract, which was to continue until 2023, thus allowing the Gabonese to join FC Barcelona for free. This operation is ultimately not free for everyone. Indeed according to information from The Times, Arsenal paid 8 million euros to terminate the contract of the 32-year-old striker. According to the English press, this is a quarter of the salary that Aubameyang was to receive over the last 18 months of his contract with the Premier League team.
A case which therefore proves that the fracture between Mikel Arteta and his former captain was beautiful and very real. In any case, if there is a winner in history, it is Barça. The Blaugranas recover the striker they were looking for so much for 0€ and in addition he would have accepted a considerable drop in salary to commit to Catalonia for the next 18 months, according to the Spanish press.
