Aubameyang dipercaya akan menjadi rekrutan termahal Arsenal, dengan klub London utara itu siap membayar £60 juta kepada Borussia Dortmund. OLEH ADHE MAKAYASA Ikuti di twitter Arsenal membuat terobosan dalam transfer penyerang Borussia Dortmund Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang setelah diketahui kedua klub bersepakat soal harga di angka £60 juta, demikian dilansir Goal UK .
Aubameyang, 28 tahun, sudah dikaitkan dengan kepindahan ke Arsenal selama beberapa pekan terakhir, selagi tim arahan Arsene Wenger tersebut sempat menolak permintaan harga Dortmund yang mencapai £70 juta.
Penyerang internasional Gabon Aubameyang, yang di musim lalu mengemas 31 gol, dilewatkan dari tim utama Dortmund untuk dua pertandingan beruntun setelah mangkir dari pertemuan tim, namun ia kembali diturunkan dalam hasil imbang 2-2 kontra Freiburg pada Sabtu (27/1) kemarin. Terkait
Jika kepindahan ini benar terwujud, eks penyerang AC Milan itu akan bereuni dengan eks rekannya di Dortmund, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, yang di musim dingin kali ini mengamankan kepindahannya ke Emirates Stadium dari Manchester United.
Di musim ini, Aubameyang mampu mengemas 21 gol dari 24 penampilannya di semua kompetisi. Secara total, ia telah mencetak 141 gol sejak merapat ke Dortmund dari Saint-Etienne di harga €13 juta saja pada Juli 2013 silam.
KOMPAS.com — Arsenal mendapatkan kabar positif jelang penutupan bursa transfer musim dingin pada Januari 2018.
Dilansir BolaSport.com dari SkySports.com , Arsenal dan Borussia Dortmund hampir sepakat soal harga Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Arsenal dikabarkan bisa memboyong Aubameyang dengan harga 60 juta pounds atau sekitar Rp 1,12 triliun.
Harga tersebut sama dengan yang dipatok Borussia Dortmund untuk sang striker.
Baca juga: Soal Transfer Aubameyang, Dortmund Ultimatum Arsenal
Arsenal berusaha keras untuk menurunkan tawaran tersebut.
Arsenal menawar Aubameyang dengan harga 50 juta pounds. Namun, Borussia Dortmund dengan tegas menolak tawaran tersebut.
Mereka bersikukuh tak akan melepas Aubameyang dengan harga di bawah 60 juta pounds.
Kini, Arsenal dikabarkan siap memenuhi permintaan Dortmund demi jasa Aubameyang.
Arsenal jelas membutuhkan tambahan daya serang seusai Alexis Sanchez bergabung dengan Manchester United pada bursa transfer musim dingin tahun ini. (Sri Mulyati)
Arsenal Arsenal agree club-record £55.5m fee for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang • Gabon striker has agreed deal worth £180,000 a week
• Dortmund want to secure replacement before letting him go Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is expected to complete his move to north London if Borussia Dortmund can secure a replacement. Photograph: Leon Kuegeler/Reuters
Arsenal have reached agreement in principle with Borussia Dortmund over the club-record €63m (£55.5m) signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, though the completion of the deal may yet hinge upon rival clubs, including Chelsea, securing their own reinforcements as the January transfer window looks set for a frantic finale.
Negotiations have been ongoing for Aubameyang for a fortnight, with Arsenal always confident a deal could be concluded after the player made clear his desire to move to London. The Gabon international has agreed a contract to 2021 believed to be worth around £180,000 a week, which would make him the highest-paid player at the Emirates Stadium.
Yet Dortmund will formally sanction the 28-year-old’s sale only once
they have secured a replacement and, having been led to believe Olivier Giroud is not interested in a transfer to Germany and ruled out a move for Anthony Modeste of Tianjin Quanjian, they have turned their attentions to Michy Batshuayi.
The under-used Chelsea striker, who has also interested Sevilla, scored twice for the champions against Newcastle on Sunday but has made only four Premier League starts under Antonio Conte since his £33.2m arrival from Marseille in the summer of 2016. The Belgian is keen to move to Dortmund, with talks continuing between the clubs. Chelsea had envisaged a loan but are in dialogue over the potential inclusion of an option to make the deal permanent in the summer. Chelsea are willing to let him leave though only once they, too, have secured a striker to ease the workload on Álvaro Morata.
Talks have hit an impasse with the Roma forward Edin Dzeko, with Chelsea believed to be reluctant to offer a deal to 2021 for a player who turns 32 in March. The club have a policy not to commit significant transfer fees, or contracts longer than a year, to players in their 30s and are reluctant to break this to recruit the Bosnian.
Dzeko, for his part, is settled in Italy and in no hurry to leave a club to whom he is contracted until 2020. A weekend of talks with his agent failed to yield agreement and left Chelsea contemplating furthering their interest in Leicester City’s out-of-favour Islam Slimani or, more intriguingly, Giroud.
The France international has been valued at around £35m by Arsenal. Arsène Wenger’s instinct has been to retain Giroud – who has also been the subject of tentative interest from West Ham – and certainly to reject the prospect of releasing him to a direct rival for a top-four place, but the 31-year-old has made only one Premier League start this term and is desperate to gain more regular playing time before the World Cup. Chelsea may attempt to secure the forward, most likely on loan. That could suit Giroud, who has no great desire to move from London mid-season.
The resolution of such a complex chain of possible deals may hold the key to Arsenal breaking their transfer record for the second time in as many transfer windows, eclipsing the £52m purchase of Alexandre Lacazette. A club delegation, led by the chief executive Ivan Gazidis, and including the head of recruitment Sven Mislintat and Huss Fahmy, who works on player contracts, spent time in Westphalia last week.
Reports in Germany suggest a deal was settled in principle over the weekend for a player who moved to Dortmund in 2013 and has proved prolific there, with 141 goals in 213 appearances, if controversial at times. Aubameyang had been championed by Mislintat, who was instrumental in securing him at Dortmund from the French club the French club Saint-Étienne.
Chelsea are to complete the signing of Roma’s left wing-back Emerson Palmieri for an initial £17m until 2022, with that deal to be confirmed regardless of their failure to agree a deal with Dzeko. Baba Rahman has moved to Schalke and Charly Musonda is to join Celtic, on 18-month loans. “He’s a shining light in Chelsea’s academy,” said the Scottish champions’ manager, Brendan Rodgers. “There were 24 other clubs interested in signing him.”
Arsenal have had a club record £55.4 million (€63m) offer agreed by Borussia Dortmund for striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who also stands to become the highest paid player in the club’s history.
After a week of negotiations, Arsenal have increased from an initial £44 million (55 million euros) bid to meet Dortmund’s asking price but the Bundesliga club still want to source a replacement before signing off and announcing the deal.
Olivier Giroud is among the options for Dortmund and separate talks are now ongoing with Arsenal today about a deal for the France striker. Arsenal are open to both a loan or a permanent transfer and there is also interest in Giroud from Chelsea.
A contract worth £180,000-a-week until 2021 has been offered to Aubameyang, who wants to join Arsenal where he will link up with former Dortmund colleague Henrikh Mkhitaryan following his arrival earlier this month in exchange for Alexis Sanchez.
With Arsenal also selling Theo Walcott and Giroud now likely to leave, Arsene Wenger wanted only a player who would immediately improve his starting team and Aubameyang has established himself as one of the most prolific strikers in any European league.
