Chelsea are prepared to terminate the contract of out-of-favour forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after his return to Barcelona over the weekend, according to Sport via GOAL.
The 33 year old Gabonese striker returned to Spain to watch Barcelona’s 2-1 win over Real Madrid on Sunday at Camp Nou before joining the Barcelona players in the dressing room to celebrate their victory.
The report adds that Aubameyang openly expressed his desire to return to return to Barcelona during his visit to Spain. It is thought he would even be willing to take a pay cut in order to facilitate the move.
Aubameyang’s trip to Barcelona hasn’t gone down too well in Chelsea. The Blues are reportedly open to terminating the striker’s contract a year early and let him link back up with the Catalan club in the summer.
The return to England has been one to forget for Aubameyang, having been brought in under the specific request of Thomas Tuchel only for the German to be sacked just days later.
Under Graham Potter, Aubameyang has become surplus to requirements given his removal from the Blues’ Champions League squad and absence from the matchday squad of the last two Premier League outings.
Any potential termination of Aubameyang’s contract will likely come in the summer.
This Potter is a funny coach proven goal scorer obamayang being frustrated in a toothless front line he has he is a joke of coach
Chelsea is too big for Potter. He can’t be serious. You hv proven strikers taking salary and not being utilized whilst goal drought is facing the club. Are the owners serious?
As Chelsea fc, we just need to suck Graham potter because he doesn’t know what luck means,by now he would be utilizing Aubameyang because he is the only striker we are having at Stafford bridge but he continues to force Kai Haverz to play as 9 yet it’s not his role
I don’t know why Potter hated Aubameyang so much like that. So if he want to go back to Barca who’s fault is it ? The only experience striker in the squad being sideline for how long now n Havertz who plays well as a second striker is been force to play the leading striker role n it’s not helping anybody Potter need to be sack either than that Victor Osimhen will join n he’ll still be using his darling boy Kai Havertz as the leading striker that’s how useless our coach is technically bankrupt who doesn’t have the capacity to handle the big players or even to be CFC coach. I’m just tired of this coach so the earlier they sack him the better for us all