Arsenal Warned About Losing Elite Strike Pair If Performances Don’t Improve

Martin Keown, like any other Arsenal supporter is worried about losing Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

There have been reports about Aubameyang stalling on a contract extension in hopes of attracting interests in January.

His current deal is set to run till the summer of 2021 and Arsenal have already taken a stance on selling players who do not commit to the club for over two years. The recent performances have not helped convince Aubameyang into putting pen to paper.

“Well it’s imperative that you hang onto your best players,” Keown told Metro.co.uk at Sportsmail’s ‘A Pint with Piers’ event in London. “That’s always the first thing every summer – you want to keep your players first and then add to it.

“You wouldn’t want to lose Aubameyang or Lacazette but they’ll only stay if Arsenal are successful. There’s no time to lose for Arsenal, they have to go to work very quickly. There could be some difficult decisions ahead.”

“Of course they’re waiting but they can change history themselves. They can make the change because they’re there, they can inscribe a name on a trophy every year,’ said Keown.

“They are good professionals. I don’t have a difficulty with those two, it’s more how good is the team? Is the team well enough equipped? If they [Aubameyang and Lacazette] don’t think it is then they won’t sign and we’ll lose two other good players. That’s normal. It’s no different for Arsenal as it is for Spurs or Chelsea.”