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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has revealed what Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta told him that convinced the forward to stay.
The Gabonese international signed a new deal in north London that will keep him at the club until 2023, and announced it on Tuesday afternoon.
It will see the 31-year-old earn £ 250,000 a week at the Emirates Stadium, ending speculation that he would be leaving the club.
And the captain has now explained how manager Arteta, who saw his player hit the back of the net to put the Gunners on top of the Premier League after the first weekend, called him up to stay.
Speaking on the club’s official YouTube channel, Aubameyang said: “He was direct and honest, that’s what I like because we are honest.
(Image: 2020 The Arsenal Football Club Plc)
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“He said ‘Okay, maybe you can go. I don’t know what your mind is [thinking] right now, but you can go and look for trophies in other clubs or you can stay here and have a legacy. ‘
“This, for me, was the key word. ‘Legacy’.
“He convinced me. We chatted when we were locked up. We were talking about a game and I had to make a summary.
“He called me and said ‘forget it.’ I prepared maybe two pages and he said ‘yeah, forget it’. Let’s talk about real things. ‘
“He said ‘I want to be honest with you, how do you feel?’ And I was like ‘I have to tell the truth, I feel great.’
“In two or three months since he was here, you can feel the passion. He’s so good and he’s the kind of person you can trust.
“That’s why I told him that I feel very good. Than [he] He told me about the legacy and stuff, I really thought about it. I thought it was the right way, the true way to go. “
(Image: 2020 The Arsenal Football Club Plc)
Aubameyang’s father also played an important role in the negotiation, sparking the new agreement over the summer.
And the 31-year-old went on to reveal the conversation he had with Auba Snr about the three-year contract.
“We talk a lot about football,” added the forward.
“When I told him, ‘I think it’s the right time to stay,’ he said, ‘I’m listening to you, that’s your decision.
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“’Of course, I can give you some advice, but then you must choose yourself.’
“We were talking about always the same thing.
“I have to push myself / Now I am the captain of this team, so it is something really special. Of course, he was also a captain. “
But the new Aubameyang deal doesn’t mean that Arteta will finish spending this summer.
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