On the evening of December 14, Beijing time, Arsenal officially issued an announcement announcing that Aubameyang would no longer serve as captain. Previously in Arsenal's game against Southampton, Aubameyang was not included in the squad due to disciplinary problems. Arsenal said in the announcement, "We want all the players, especially our captains, to act in accordance with the rules and guidelines that we all set together. Arsenal also confirmed in the announcement that Aubameyang will continue to miss Arsenal's game against West Ham on Wednesday.
Three days after a 'disciplinary' absence from last weekend's game against Southampton, Arsenal striker Aubameyang's captain's armband was finally officially snapped by the club on Tuesday morning. Manager Arteta then explained the decision to the media at a press conference on the same day, while the Gabon striker will not also be on the squad for Wednesday's match against West Ham.
The details of Aubameyang's disciplinary violations were further revealed by the English media on Monday, and his problem was not the cross-border tattoo of leave that had previously been popular on social media. Instead, after being allowed to leave the team for France in midweek last week to visit his sick family, aubameyang probably thought he only had to be at the training base on Thursday morning, so he hurried back to London that morning.
However, due to the spread of the Omiljung virus, the British government has long stipulated that everyone must self-isolate within two days of returning home, and accept and submit nucleic acid test results again. So according to the "Competition Network", Aubameyang was not allowed to enter the training base on Thursday, but was immediately sent back to his home, and the club then arranged for him to train alone at home, while completing the corresponding isolation and testing.
Arsenal suffered a heavy blow in the first three rounds of the epidemic at the beginning of the season, and since then the club has been increasing the level of epidemic prevention management to prevent the subsequent cross-infection of cross players in the team and directly affect the team's performance. Coupled with the fact that the Aumechjong variant virus is entering a full-blown outbreak period in London, Aubameyang's careless response in the case of quasi-leave this time seems to be indifferent to the relevant regulations of the team, which also completely angered coach Arteta.
At a midday press conference on Tuesday, Arteta said it was a "very difficult decision": "If I had a choice, I wouldn't want to sit here and talk to everyone about this topic, but I had no choice but to make this decision in the end because we had to defend the interests of the team." I've been in charge of Arsenal since I was just starting out and I've had a very good relationship with him, so now I have that cone pain and he needs some time to digest it as well. ”
This is not the first time Aubameyang has violated discipline as captain, who was late for the North Londonder game in March and was awkwardly photographed by fans along the way driving the two golden sports cars stuck in the road on his way to the stadium. However, at that time, Arteta did not add penalties to him later, except for temporarily removing him from the starting lineup. The English media also pointed out that last season's late arrival also caused Aubameyang to cross the line again this time, and Arteta's reaction would be so strong.
Celebrity Chris Sutton expressed no sympathy for Aubameyang: "You can feel that Arteta trusted Aubameyang very much before, so I was very surprised to see him make Aubameyang's disciplinary violations public before the match against Southampton, because he knew that as soon as this matter was made public, it would continue to ferment." But if he has set up some looser buffer zones for Aubameyang in terms of discipline, and the latter has once again crossed the line in this buffer zone, then as head coach, Arteta has no choice, because if he does not take it seriously, his own role and authority in the dressing room will be in big trouble. ”
Arteta revealed that he announced the decision face-to-face to Aubameyang, and he did not disclose more details. As for the captain's replacement that the outside world is concerned about, Arteta did not rush to make a decision, because Aubameyang was his predecessor Emery who was hastily designated the new captain after stripping Xhaka's captain's armband. Arteta said several of the current vice-captains in the squad: Lacazette, Xhaka and Holden will share responsibilities in the dressing room and captain the pitch depending on the starting point.
But the problem now is that Lacazette's contract with the club is only half a year away and is about to expire; Xhaka has been stripped of the captain's armband once before, although the ostensibly knot has been solved, and he has also served as captain on the field, but it is still somewhat reassuring; as for Holden, he has long since faded from the main squad of the team this season.
Team star Martin Keion suggested that Arteta pick one of the current backlines as captains: "I think Ben White and Gabriel are good candidates for captain, and I don't think Arteta will return the captain's armband to Xhaka. In addition, Ramsdale also seems to be a suitable candidate, I will give the captain's armband to Tierney, but he has just returned to the main squad, and the previous injury history is also a bit of a concern, it is a dilemma, maybe after playing this season, Arteta will have a more mature choice. ”
Arsenal are now facing a crucial game: Wednesday against West Ham United, now fourth-placed, a game that is at stake for their season, with Both Tottenham and Manchester United now stalled in the table due to the pandemic, and the Gunners will be in the top four for the first time this season if they win on Wednesday night. And if this battle is not won at home, what awaits Arteta will be the shura field of public opinion.
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