They did not mourn the captain for long in Marseille. As soon as Dimitri Payet’s farewell conference ended, Olympique Marseille made the arrival of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang official. The Gabon international arrived as a free agent, after parting ways with Chelsea, where he did not play almost at all last season, after arriving from Barcelona.A big surprise was Aubameyang’s departure from the Catalan club just six months after he was brought in from Arsenal, with whom he also did not part ways amicably. Barcelona, at least, received 12,000,000 euros from his departure, while the London sides, in both cases, he left without compensation. In Marseille, however, they believe that the 34-year-old forward has more to show on the field, and they have given him a three-year contract.##NAJAVA_MECA_7383446##The arrival in Marseille is also the return of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to French football. He was educated in Nice, Laval and Bastia, but moved to AC Milan at the age of 18. The Rossoneri, however, sent him on loan to Dijon, Lille, Monaco and Saint Etienne, who bought him in January 2012 for just under 2,000,000 euros.In the summer of 2013, Aubameyang was sold to Borussia Dortmund for 13,000,000 euros, where during four and a half seasons he drew the attention of the world public to himself and became one of the best strikers on the planet at that moment. That is why it is not surprising that Arsenal paid him 64,000,000 euros. He arrived at the Emirates at the end of January 2018 and scored 10 goals in 13 Premier League appearances in the first half of the season at the club. In the following two seasons of the English championship, he scored 22 goals and established himself as the first star of the team. He also became the captain, extended his contract, and then the downturn began… A drop in form, name-calling by fans, a disagreement with coach Arteta… All of that contributed to parting ways and leaving for a financially shaken Barcelona. He arrived as a savior at the beginning of Xavi’s coaching era and performed excellently: 11 goals in 17 Primera matches. However, the Gabonese did not seem as if he was very interested in what was happening with the club, he seemed indifferent, and he especially disappointed the fans with his attitude that he wanted to return to England.Payet leaves Marseille in tears: The club didn’t expect this from me, I have more to give to footballChelsea took him and – made a mistake. Marseille took a risk, so it remains to be seen if it will pay off for them…The agreement with Aubameyang was reached, Renan Lodi and Geoffrey Kondogbia arrived in the famous French port before him, and they are also working on bringing Thomas Lemar from Atletico Madrid.
