Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s departure from Barcelona to Chelsea will take place in a ‘matter of hours’, according to Sport on Wednesday.
With less than two days left for the window to close, the west London club want to close the forward’s signing as soon as possible.
Chelsea have ‘put all the meat on the grill’ to bring the 33-year-old to Stamford Bridge, in order to satisfy Thomas Tuchel. The manager has been requesting a new No.9 and the former Arsenal man fits the profile he has been looking for.
The two clubs had hoped to close the agreement for the Gabon international yesterday. That hasn’t happened because of the difficulties the player and his family went through after they were the victims of an armed robbery this week.
Sport explain this prevented them from closing the final details of the operation, which is needed to receive the player’s approval.
Chelsea haven’t contemplated other options as they want Aubameyang at all costs, so much so that their final offer would meet Barca’s demands to give the green light for the operation.
The newspaper states the Premier League side’s proposal could reach around €25m including bonuses.
