Under Arteta, Arsenal have fought a counter-attack this season and are currently in fourth place in the league table, so as long as they can continue to hold on, it will not be difficult to qualify for next season's Champions League. However, there are joys and worries, arsenal forward ace Aubameyang, obviously will give the team a headache. Due to declining form, disciplinary violations and other reasons, Aubameyang only scored 4 goals in the league against the halfway point of the schedule, which is far from the 20-goal number of Premier League goals in the second consecutive season of 18-20.
According to ESPN, the Arsenal boss is tired of this ace in the team's forward line that has repeatedly violated discipline. The former believes the latter lacks the passion to play for Arsenal, and because of this, Aubameyang has been told to train away from other team-mates. It can be seen that Arteta has regarded the lazy and undisciplined Aubameyang as a rat, afraid that he will spoil arsenal's pot of porridge that is showing upward momentum. And Aubameyang's transition from "beautiful sheep" to "lazy", from front ace to cumbersome lineup, is actually closely related to a time node, that is, the renewal in September 2020.
With the top performances of the previous seasons, Aubameyang, who was already 31 years old at the time, received a high salary contract for 3 years and up to 10 million. Whether or not this fat promise has changed Aubameyang's mentality. But the ironclad fact is that since the renewal of the contract, Aubameyang's attitude and stats have shown a sharp downward trend, and this season has been even more noisy, stripped of the captain's armband, and seen by the manager as rat. And the 31-year-old Aubameyang, the huge contrast between getting a high salary and a long contract, also sets off the wisdom of former coach Wenger.
When the Arsenal legendary coach took office, he strictly abided by the rules of 1 year and 1 renewal over 30 years old, which not only allowed the veteran to maintain morale and passion, but also protect the interests of the team, and only when the veteran's state fell sharply, it was able to stop the loss in time. Arsenal, which broke the rules of the Wenger era and gave the 31-year-old Aubameyang a high salary and a long contract, has begun to suffer losses, and if Aubameyang continues to sink, then that fat contract will undoubtedly become a heavy burden on team building. In addition to Wenger's such team building wisdom, Real Madrid helmsman Fu Ye also benefited a lot by adhering to the rule of 30 years old and 1 sign for 1 year. Just in the summer window at the beginning of the season, Fu Ye painfully refused to renew Ramos, and as a result, the Real Madrid legend quickly used the data that he had only played 2 Ligue 1 games so far in the season, proving that Fu Ye was right not to give a long contract.