Mikel Arteta has revealed how close Arsenal came to losing star man Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The Gunners skipper signed a new three-year contract on Tuesday worth £250,000-a-week to finally end months of speculation about his future. But with the likes of Barcelona circling, Arteta revealed he never felt confident Aubameyang would stay - until the pair had a heart-to-heart during lockdown. Arteta, whose side face West Ham today, said: ”It was a conversation I had with Auba first, privately, and then with his father and his agent. “It is incredible how necessary these conversations are to understand each other’s position and what happened in the past, things that have annoyed...
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