OM have their striker for this new 2023/2024 season. After the departure of Alexis Sanchez just a year after his arrival, it is Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who comes to strengthen the Marseille club. As we could confirm, the Gabonese was released from his last year of contract at Chelsea, a sine qua non condition for his arrival on the Canebière. He therefore arrives with the status of free agent at 34 years old. The information has just been made official by the Marseille club on its social networks.
“Olympique de Marseille announces today the signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The striker joined the Olympian club after the success of his medical examination. (…) OM welcomes Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.” inform the press release. The former Barcelonan signed a lease whose duration has not been filtered, but which should be three years, after having satisfied the medical examination. It’s his big return to Ligue 1, 10 years after leaving AS Saint-Etienne.
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With the center-forward in its ranks, Olympique de Marseille offers a bit of speed and depth in front, after having elements like Arek Milik and Alexis Sanchez. In distress with the Blues where he no longer had his place in the workforce, Aubameyang demonstrated that with FC Barcelona, where he played between January and June 2022, he had retained all his qualities as a scorer (13 achievements and 1 assist in 24 games in all competitions).
If his behavior has not always given satisfaction in recent years, especially at Arsenal under the orders of Mikel Arteta, the striker remains a reference in Europe. He will try to accompany OM in the Champions League. For this, it will be necessary to pass the 3rd qualifying round at the beginning of August, then in the event of qualification, a play-off round two weeks later, before perhaps seeing the group stage, and joining PSG and RC Lens.
