Barcelona are hoping to seal the signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and find a buyer for Ousmane Dembélé as the last day of the winter transfer window hits Spain today.
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Aubameyang arrived to finalize negotiations with the Catalan club after being stripped of the captaincy at Arsenal for disciplinary reasons, after reportedly being late returning from a personal trip.
The Gabon striker went to the African Cup of Nations but didn’t play after being diagnosed with heart lesions during his recovery from the coronavirus.
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Aubameyang, Arsenal’s highest-paid player, would reportedly be accepting a hefty pay cut to join Barcelona as the club doesn’t have a lot of salary cap space.
It has been slowly restructuring its finances after it couldn’t keep Lionel Messi at the end of last season. Barcelona recently signed Spain international Ferran Torres only after defender Samuel Umtiti agreed to a salary reduction similar to the cuts other squad players had to take last year.
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