“Aubameyang is past his best, he has lost his superpower, I’m seeing now like he is going to get bullied every occasion ”
🗣"Aubameyang is past his best, he has lost his superpower, I'm seeing now like he is going to get bullied every occasion "
Jamie Redknapp thinks Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang needs to do more in Mikel Arteta's Arsenal side pic.twitter.com/qGHnOYNAkZ
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) February 21, 2021
Strong words from the former Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspurs player on Sunday on Sky Sports. The Arsenal boss was asked about this today in his press conference pre second leg against Benfica.
“I don’t know, I didn’t see those comments, I heard about them,” the 38-year-old replied.
“I’m here to support every single player in the squad in the squad and all the time give them the best possible advice.
“Play them in their qualities and when they have difficult stay right behind them. That’s what we’ve tried with Auba.”
“I think the best way to talk is always on the pitch,” Arteta added.
“Seven days before when he scored a hat-trick, and he could have scored four or five, against Leeds he was again the main man.
“He could have scored another hat-trick against Benfica with his qualities and it would have been different.
“At the end, it’s about putting the ball in the back of the net for him and that’s how he gets judged.”