O’Leary pleads Arsenal to not let Aubameyang leave for nothing

Arsenal legend David O’Leary has a request for his club.

He believes it would be criminal for the club to lose their captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for free next summer. The Gabonese forward has another year on his deal. It is set to expire in the summer of 2021 and he will become a free agent after that. O’Leary has urged the club to sell him or extend his contract by the end of this summer. 

O’Leary told talkSPORT: “I think the club has learned in the past that letting people’s contracts run down and walking out on free transfers, top players have done that, it’s not financially right for the club.

“Personally, I hope he signs again because his goal-scoring record is unbelievable, but the club has got to find out does he want to stay, and if he doesn’t then I think they have got to cash in on him.

“You cannot afford to let contracts run down now, particularly a player like that. If he runs his contract down and just walks out on a free, that would be criminal in many ways.

“But we all have to have our own structures on the financial side of things. I don’t know what he’s looking for. Arsenal pays fantastically well, whether that is good enough for him…

“If it’s not going to be, I hate to say it, I think they have got to go and get the best price for him and use that money to bring in someone young and hungry and hopefully do great for Arsenal Football Club. I hope it doesn’t come to that.”

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