It was August 28, 2022. That night, while he was with his family in his Barcelona home, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was woken up by his eldest son, who heard intruders upstairs. After sheltering his children, the Gabonese attacker decides to face the burglars – five armed and aggressive individuals.
In an interview recently given to The Athletic, the striker who then played for Barça recounts this night of anguish. “
They started hitting me, especially in the jaw, which was broken », specifies in particular “PEA”. A footballer who has of course recovered from his physical injuries but who does not hide the terrible psychological consequences that this mishap had for him and his family.
“I was lost…”
“ For a year, my son told me he couldn’t sleep alone. My children were afraid to go to school, afraid that something would happen therebreathes Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who admits to having suffered too. I made the mistake of not talking to anyone. If I had seen a psychologist it might have helped me, but I didn’t want to do anything. I was lost… »
If the family immediately left the place to take up residence elsewhere in Catalonia, then in London, Marseille and Khobar depending on the experiences and contracts of the striker now aged 35 – at Chelsea, OM or Al -Qadsiah – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang reveals that he still owns the property in question: “ I still have that house, but I haven’t been back since. I think I’ll start renting it because my kids don’t want to go to Barcelona. Their school organized a trip there, they said, “We’re not going!” » »
