{"id":561091,"date":"2020-08-06T11:23:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T15:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=561091"},"modified":"2026-01-30T16:49:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:49:44","slug":"report-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-on-verge-of-new-arsenal-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/08\/06\/report-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-on-verge-of-new-arsenal-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on Verge of New Arsenal Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After months of ongoing talks, <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/d5dd5f1f\/Pierre-Emerick-Aubameyang\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang<\/a> is close to signing a new three-year contract at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeleFootball\/status\/1291382767658336259\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to Matt Law of the Telegraph<\/a>. The news follows a triumphant FA Cup final for Arsenal in which Aubameyang netted an all-important brace. Tying down the former<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/bundesliga\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Borussia Dortmund<\/a> man once looked unlikely, but Mikel Arteta&#8217;s arrival has seemingly proved vital in talks between the player and club.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on Verge of New Arsenal Deal<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal&#8217;s Most Important Piece of Business This Summer<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Like any transfer window, Arsenal have been linked with various reinforcements that would undoubtedly improve their squad. But, unlike previous windows, it is perhaps the business done within the club rather than incomings that will prove to be the difference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">By reportedly securing the services of Aubameyang for the next three years, Arsenal will have a guaranteed a 20-goals-a-season striker; losing Aubameyang would lead to catastrophic consequences. The forward&#8217;s importance to the squad far outweighs anything potential incomings could bring to the side. Coming to an agreement with Aubameyang has rightfully been the top priority this summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Better Days Ahead<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Since the arrival of Mikel Arteta, though the club still faces many in house problems, Arsenal have looked far more stable. A plan for the future once more seems apparent. Now that the Aubameyang&#8217;s contract issue has reportedly been resolved too, Arteta can continue plans for the future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Arsenal manager has previously stated his desire to build his team around club captain Aubameyang, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2020\/aug\/01\/mikel-arteta-wants-to-build-arsenal-squad-around-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-after-fa-cup-win-chelsea\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">saying after the FA Cup victory<\/a>: &#8220;The team that I want to build around him and the conversations I have with the people who are very influential around him.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal&#8217;s 14th FA Cup victory looks to have convinced Aubameyang, who will reportedly be looking towards further glory in an Arsenal shirt for the next three years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"xoJi0eMUQ-FnvIomkGGv2Q\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1067601788\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'xoJi0eMUQ-FnvIomkGGv2Q',sig:'Mdv-BAoo8cUlofwWqoB1VO3c0uLUdrD5XNf1Knm4-GM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1067601788',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After months of ongoing talks, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is close to signing a new three-year contract at Arsenal, according to Matt Law of the Telegraph. The news follows a triumphant FA Cup final for Arsenal in which Aubameyang netted an all-important brace. Tying down the former Borussia Dortmund man once looked unlikely, but Mikel Arteta&#8217;s arrival [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3402,"featured_media":561102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,8,2,3],"tags":[4063,32739,32738,581,4372,740,136],"class_list":["post-561091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-arsenal","category-featured","category-premier-league","tag-2019-20-premier-league","tag-arsenal","tag-arsenal-fixtures","tag-fa-cup","tag-mikel-arteta","tag-pierre-emerick-aubameyang","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":664435,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561091\/revisions\/664435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}