Arsenal: Aubameyang 'should be sold in the summer' says pundit
Arsenal have reportedly told Real Madrid they can sign Alexandre Lacazette after the La Liga giants made an initial approach for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
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The president of Gabon's football association, Pierre Alain Mounguengui, has launched a scathing attack on Arsenal and called for his national star to leave.
"I don't want to say that Arsenal aren't ambitious, but Arsenal don't have ambitions as high as some other clubs as far as Europe is concerned," Mounguengui told ESPN.
"So if Pierre could secure a contract with a more ambitious club, he'd definitely find his place there.
"On an individual level, we all consider him to be among the best players in the world, but the advice I give to him is to continue to work and to attract the attention of the biggest clubs and the most ambitious clubs."
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is out of contract next summer (Image: GETTY)
He added: "Aubameyang is a world-class player but for him, or anyone else in Europe who hasn't won a major honour, football is a collective sport.
"Right now, he's at Arsenal, and he's won nothing here, so it's a collective failing.
"All Gabonese people see Aubameyang at this level, where he can now end his career at a major club and, above all, beyond individual trophies, to bring home a major competition.
"Auba has the habit of saying that if club honours could come, that wouldn't be bad,
"But that he could also settle for the personal accolades he's won. As I said, he's a world-class player."