{"id":58703,"date":"2022-02-02T18:48:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T17:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=58703"},"modified":"2022-02-02T18:08:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T17:08:40","slug":"epl-ian-wright-reveals-saddest-thing-about-aubameyang-leaving-arsenal-for-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/epl-ian-wright-reveals-saddest-thing-about-aubameyang-leaving-arsenal-for-barcelona","title":{"rendered":"EPL: Ian Wright reveals \u2018saddest thing\u2019 about Aubameyang leaving Arsenal for Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Arsenal legend, Ian Wright, has said the \u201csaddest thing\u201d about Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang leaving the club for Barcelona, is that nobody knows what really transpired between the player and manager Mikel Arteta.<\/p>\n<p>Wright however agreed with Arteta\u2019s decision to offload the player, as he has to do \u201cwhat is best for the team and the club\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Aubameyang signed for Barcelona after the Gunners tore up his contract.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old had been frozen out of the first team and stripped of the captaincy following a disciplinary issue in December.<\/p>\n<p>Wright, speaking on his Wrighty\u2019s House podcast, said: \u201cHe\u2019s taken a massive cut to go there and he\u2019s willing to do that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith all the people saying he\u2019s just signed a contract and just clocked off, he got offered the same money he\u2019s on at Arsenal to go to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re talking about somebody who is a very colourful individual and plays football with a smile on his face. When it\u2019s not right you can see it\u2019s not right for him and it\u2019s not about the money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause he\u2019s himself, he\u2019s very colourful, people can easily get that mixed up. When he came to this country everybody talked about him as this party animal, but he\u2019s not like that at all. He\u2019s a family man. He\u2019s a family that likes colourful clothes and colourful cars, but scores goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe saddest thing for me was that we don\u2019t know what\u2019s happened. I\u2019m not really bothered to know what has happened now with him and Mikel. What couldn\u2019t be healed in a time where we need goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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