{"id":17897,"date":"2022-10-10T14:29:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T14:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/?p=17897"},"modified":"2022-10-10T14:29:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T14:29:31","slug":"aubameyang-breaks-silence-after-leaked-video-where-he-slammed-arteta-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/2022\/10\/10\/aubameyang-breaks-silence-after-leaked-video-where-he-slammed-arteta-goes-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Aubameyang Breaks Silence After Leaked Video Where He Slammed Arteta Goes Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has responded to a leaked video of him criticizing his former boss at Arsenal, Mikel Arteta.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A footage of the Gabon International hitting out at Mikel Arteta surfaced online on Sunday, during which he said the Arsenal boss cannot handle big players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Big characters and big players\u2026he can’t deal with it,”<\/em> Aubameyang is heard saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“He needs some young players who don’t say anything,”<\/em> Aubameyang continues before he was interrupted by another person in the room who compared the striker’s situation to that of Mesut Ozil’s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things ended badly between the pair, with Arteta exiling Aubameyang from the Gunners squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to reports, Aubameyang crossed the line in the eyes of his manager when the forward returned to London later than expected from a mid-season trip to France to see family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ozil was also made an outcast by Arteta before eventually being forced out the club for good for not pulling his weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aubameyang left in January for Barcelona on a free transfer after being frozen out and losing the club captaincy due to a discipline breach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He blamed his “complicated” exit on Arteta while the coach responded by insisting he “was the solution, not the problem.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around 24 hours after the footage first came to light, Aubameyang has since tried to add some context to his comments with a short statement posted to Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Aware there is a video out that was recorded just after I arrived at Barca. At the time I still had a lot of bad feelings in me – Arsenal are doing great things this season and I wish all my old guys well, just not on November 6 \ud83d\ude1c Now full focus on tomorrow.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aubameyang is back in the Premier League with Chelsea, having joined the club from Barcelona in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Arteta has guided the Gunners to a fine start to the season, winning eight of their opening nine Premier League matches to sit top of the EPL table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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