Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang last featured for Arsenal when he came off the bench in their 2-1 defeat to Everton on December 6th.
Since then, the forward has seen the Gunners take away the captain’s armband from him for breaching disciplinary rules and he’s been frozen out by Mikel Arteta at the Emirates.
Despite the situation off the pitch, the 32-year-old manages to be on the agenda of other clubs for the winter market. Among them is Barcelona.
AS on Friday explain the Gabon international has emerged as a backup target for the La Liga side, if they fail to sign Álvaro Morata, who is on loan at Juventus from Atlético Madrid.
The ex-Chelsea man ‘does not have the full consensus’ of the Catalan club and a section of their supporters. In additions to this, Xavi Hernández’s side are facing difficulties to sign him.
This has forced them to look at ‘plan B’ and this is where Aubameyang fits in. A possibility to bring him to the Camp Nou is ‘highly valued’ by Barca’s technical staff, who feel the north London club’s player can be an ‘interesting option’ to bolster their attack.
Xavi ‘likes’ the former Borussia Dortmund man’s versatility and his scoring ability. If Barca considering taking the Arsenal attacker, it will only be on a loan deal until the end of the season.
Barcelona have ‘activated the option’ to take Aubameyang and should they end up signing him in January, AS state he ‘will be a patch, not a project’.
