Cash-strapped Barcelona want £21m Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – just seven months after signing him
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Cash-strapped Barcelona want £21m for former Arsenal star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – just seven months after signing him for free – but Chelsea are unwilling to match their demands as they prepare an offer which could include Marcos Alonso
- Barcelona have stuck a £21million price tag on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
- Chelsea held talks with the striker recently and are prepared to make an offer
- Blues left-back Marcos Alonso has been discussed as part of the negotiations
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Cash-strapped Barcelona have told Chelsea they want £21million for striker Pierre- Emerick Aubameyang, just seven months after signing him on a free transfer.
Chelsea held talks with the LaLiga giants over the weekend and are prepared to make an offer this week but for considerably less.
Barcelona target Marcos Alonso has been discussed as part of negotiations to head in the opposite direction.
Chelsea will have to pay £21million to seal a deal Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Barcelona
The Blues want to pay considerably less and will offer Marcos Alonso as part of the deal
The ex-Arsenal star has scored 11 goals in 13 starts since joining the Catalan giants in January but has now fallen down the pecking order following the club’s £42.5million purchase of Robert Lewandowski and the need of cashing in on a few players.
Barcelona have been Europe’s biggest summer spenders despite the club going through a torrid financial crisis and over £1billion in debt.
The Spanish side have managed to register the majority of their new signings, but have still be unable to register defender Jules Kounde, who joined from Sevilla earlier this summer.
One way of raising the funds is by selling current squad members, with Aubameyang one of the favourites to leave Spain this summer, despite only arriving at Barcelona in January.
The Blues are chasing down Aubameyang to help the void left in attack with Romelu Lukaku re-joining Inter Milan on loan and Timo Werner heading back to RB Leipzig for £25million.
Boss Thomas Tuchel is keen to link back up with the 33-year-old forward after developing a positive relationship at Borussia Dortmund and would like to add a proven goal-scorer to his Chelsea ranks.
Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel developed a solid relationship with Aubameyang at Dortmund
It is believed Aubameyang is not actively pursuing a Barcelona exit, having rediscovered his goal-scoring touch since joining LaLiga.
More to follow…
