Arteta has made right decision getting £350,000-a-week Arsenal deal done
Arsenal Legend Emmanuel Petit has claimed that Arsenal were right to sell Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in January, despite their lack in squad depth.
After months of speculation, poor performances and lack of quality on the pitch, Arsenal made the decision to offload Aubameyang to Barcelona in the summer, despite not bringing in an adequate replacement.
And while the Gunners have struggled to score goals, the striker has hit the ground running in La Liga and has become a sensation at the Camp Nou, which has led to many claims that the Gunners made the wrong decision to let him leave
However, Petit has claimed that Arsenal were right to sell the Gabon star, In an exclusive interview with Bookmakers.co.uk, he said: “It was definitely not a mistake for Arsenal to let Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang go to Barcelona.
“I’m very happy with what Aubameyang is doing currently at Barcelona, but I believe Arteta took the right decision to let him leave.
“I know that Arteta was not happy with the example that Aubameyang was setting for the rest of the dressing room in terms of his behaviour.
“I can understand how he felt. On top of all that he was the captain, so he had responsibility to the team as well and he failed on some of that.
“Aubameyang is having a great time at Barcelona now and up until recently Arsenal were having a great run in the Premier League without him, so I thought to myself ‘when a story comes to an end, it’s important both sides are happy’.
“Until the last two weeks no one was saying Arsenal were missing Aubameyang.
“They were doing well since he left and I’m pretty sure they were happy as well that they let him go. Both sides appear to have won in this case.”
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Auba was collecting a massive wage for doing nothing, his head already left the Emirates, so even though he has been brilliant at Barca, it was the right decision to let him leave the club
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