International soccer | Aubameyang already has a new team!

The former Barça player signs for Olympique de Marseille, a French Ligue 1 team

After his departure from Barça in the summer of 2022, the Gabonese has lived a season in ostracism at Chelsea

Pierre Emerick Aubameyang’s soap opera seems to have come to an end. The Gabonese signs for Olympique de Marseille until June 2026 and begins a new chapter in his football career after a tumultuous time at the Chelseawhere he has had a testimonial role. Reach cost ‘0’ after finishing contract with the ‘blues’.

Since left Barcelona last summer bound for Stamford Bridge to change of 12 million euros, ‘Auba’ has not enjoyed football again. at chelsea He did not have the confidence of either Tuchel or Graham Potterwhich relieved him to a secondary position on the bench from the start of the season.

In the Premier League he has only played 15 matches, finding a target only once, while in the Champions League he played 6 games in which he scored 2 goals and distributed an assist. With his transfer to the Marseillaise team, the striker’s ordeal comes to an end and He will be able to demonstrate his quality and talent in front of goal again.

The Gabonese showed a great level in his six months at Barçaclub in which he scored 11 goals in 17 league games and left a great taste in the mouth. In spite of the good level and the great harmony of him in the Barcelona entity, the financial needs Barcelona forced to sell an Aubameyang that had arrived for free last winter market.

Olympique de Marseille finished in third position in the last Ligue 1, a position that gives them access to the preliminary phase of the Champions League. With the arrival of the African striker, the French team wins whole to certify He passes the group stage of the highest continental competition, and adds a reference man for the attack point.

Pierre Emerick Aubameyang joins the team as replacement for Alexis Sanchezanother ex-Barcelona who was the top scorer for Marseille last season with 14 goals but that contract has ended this summer. Both shared a dressing room at Arsenal and are similar profiles, so it seems like a rapid adaptation for the Gabonese in his new home.

The one from ‘Auba’ is the third addition to ‘Les Olympiens’ after the arrivals of Kondogbia, for 8 million, and Renan Lodi, in exchange for 13 ‘kilos’ from Nottingham Forest. Despite the temptations of Saudi Arabia, the Gabonese joins the new project under the orders of Marcelino, brand new coach of the Marseillaise entity.