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Agbonlahor: Aubameyang Has Dropped Down A Gear After New Deal

By Daily Sports on October 6, 2021

Gabon captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s performances have dropped down a gear after he signed a new Arsenal contract last summer.

This is according to English Premier League legend Gabriel Agbonlahor with the 32-year-old striker having not enjoyed a good start with the Gunners this season.

Aubameyang has scored just two goals in the Premier League this term from six appearances and former Aston Villa striker Agbonlahor is not impressed.

“You can’t just keep someone on the pitch if they aren’t performing,” Agbonlahor told HITC.

“It’s different with Cristiano [Ronaldo] because he is one of the greatest ever players. But Aubameyang was poor.

“He wasn’t holding the ball up. It didn’t look like he had that pace to get in behind that Brighton and Hove Albion defence and it was the right call to bring him off.”

Aubameyang scored 10 Premier League goals he scored last season which is in stark contrast to the 22 league goals in each of the two campaigns prior to that.

“When you are looking for a new contract, there is no lie; your performances are going to go up,” Agbonlahor continued.

“Once the contract is signed, naturally you are going to take it down a gear; at least, that’s what you can see in Aubameyang’s performances since he has signed that contract.

“Where’s the hunger [on Saturday] say if he was still negotiating his contract for £300k-a-week? Let’s be honest, if he was still negotiating a contract, he would have got a better performance 1000% against Brighton.” (Tribal Football)

•PHOTO: Pierre Emerick Aubameyang

Source Daily Sports

Posted October 6, 2021