Arsenal top earner Aubameyang joins FC Barcelona to play in 5th European top league

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Done deal 

The biggest transfer thriller on Deadline Day has found a positive end after all. As FC Barcelona announced on Wednesday morning, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang joins the Catalans from Arsenal with immediate effect. The former Borussia Dortmund striker receives a contract running until June 2025, which includes an option for an early exit in the summer of 2023. In addition, an exit clause of €100 million has been set, the club announced. A transfer fee is not due after the 32-year-old dissolved his contract in London on Tuesday – most recently it was said that the Gunners were just happy to get Aubameyang completely off the payroll. 

The Times reported that Arsenal had to pay their former captain almost £7 million to terminate his deal, which earned him £350,000 a week. The cash-strapped Catalans had been unable to raise additional money due to the hoped-for, but ultimately failed, departure of winger Ousmane Dembélé.

Ndombélé, Eriksen & Co. – The most valuable winter Deadline Day deals in 2022

Nathaniel Phillips | Liverpool -> Bournemouth | Market value: €8M

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Neco Williams | Liverpool -> Fulham | Market value: €8M

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Lys Mousset | Sheffield United -> US Salernitana | Market value: €8M

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Reinildo Mandava | LOSC Lille -> Atlético | Market value: €10M

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Fee: €3M

Freddie Woodman | Newcastle -> Bournemouth | Market value: €10M

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Galeno | Braga -> FC Porto | Market value: €12M

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Fee: €9M

Marcus Edwards | Vit. Guimarães -> Sporting | Market value: €13M

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Fee: €7.76M

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Arsenal -> FC Barcelona | Market value: €15M

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Christian Eriksen | Without club -> Brentford | Market value: €15M

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Romain Faivre | Stade Brest -> Olympique Lyon | Market value: €15M

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Matt Targett | Aston Villa -> Newcastle | Market value: €17M

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Todd Cantwell | Norwich -> Bournemouth | Market value: €20M

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Wout Weghorst | Wolfsburg -> Burnley | Market value: €20M

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Fee: €14M

Julián Álvarez | River Plate -> Man City | Market value: €20M

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Fee: €17M

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Giovani Lo Celso | Tottenham -> Villarreal | Market value: €22M

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Dele Alli | Tottenham -> Everton | Market value: €25M

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Donny van de Beek | Man United -> Everton | Market value: €25M

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Rodrigo Bentancur | Juventus -> Tottenham | Market value: €25M

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Fee: €19M

Denis Zakaria | Gladbach -> Juventus | Market value: €27M

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Fee: €8.6M

Bryan Gil | Tottenham -> Valencia | Market value: €28M

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Dejan Kulusevski | Juventus -> Tottenham | Market value: €30M

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Tanguy Ndombélé | Tottenham -> Olympique Lyon | Market value: €38M

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Aubameyang’s move to the Blaugranas gives him the opportunity to now feature for a club in Europe’s fifth top league. The Gabon international was previously active in Italy (AC Milan, without playing for the first team), France (Saint-Étienne, Monaco and Lille), Germany (BVB) and England (Arsenal) in his career.

In 2015, then still playing in the Bundesliga, Aubameyang stated in a L’Équipe interview: “I want to pass the limit of 20 league goals, because I hope to play for Real Madrid one day. I’ve always dreamed of Spain.” Now joins Barcelona’s arch-rivals in the last minutes of the January transfer window 2022. On Deadline Day, a real transfer thriller had developed before it became apparent in the evening that a deal between Arsenal and Barça would go through after all.

Saliba, Aubameyang & Co. – Arsenal’s record signings

William Saliba | 19/20 for €30M from AS Saint-Étienne

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Henrikh Mkhitaryan | 17/18 for €34M from Man United

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Martin Ødegaard | 21/22 for €35M from Real Madrid

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Shkodran Mustafi | 16/17 for €41M from Valencia

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Alexis Sánchez | 14/15 for €42.5M from FC Barcelona

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Granit Xhaka | 16/17 for €45M from Bor. M’gladbach

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Mesut Özil | 13/14 for €47M from Real Madrid

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Thomas Partey | 20/21 for €50M from Atlético

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Alexandre Lacazette | 17/18 for €53M from Olympique Lyon

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Ben White | 21/22 for €58.5M from Brighton

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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | 17/18 for €63.8M from BVB

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Nicolas Pépé | 19/20 for €80M from LOSC Lille

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