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Aubameyang set to leave Chelsea on a free transfer

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Chelsea signed striker Aubameyang for around £12 million last summer but he has been frozen out at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea face an increasingly tough task to clear out all of their unwanted players this summer to match the FPP.

The club is likely to be forced into giving Aubameyang away on a free transfer to remove the striker from their wage bill.

Transfer

According to sources potential suitors Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and AC Milan – are unlikely to agree to pay a fee for the player

Chelsea signed Aubameyang for around £12 million from Barcelona last summer,

And agreed a lucrative two-year contract, which includes significant playing bonuses.

And despite starting encouragingly and scoring in two of Chelsea’s best results of the season against AC Milan,

Aubameyang is out of from at Stamford Bridge and not a first choice player for the team,

In his first start for six months against his former club Arsenal on Tuesday night.

Aubameyang rejected a move to Los Angeles FC in January and since then Chelsea have done little to encourage clubs to offer them a fee.

After leaving him out of the Champions League squad for the knockout stages.

Arsenal granted Aubameyang a free transfer at the end of the January transfer window and Chelsea are now likely to have to follow suit to seal his exit.

The Aubameyang situation is not the only challenge facing co-controlling owners

Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali in terms of landing the types of fees And They had hoped for from selling players, with Chelsea winless in nine games.

Mauricio Pochettino

Mauricio Pochettino, the proposed new head coach, will demand the oversized first-team squad is cut ahead of pre-season,

Chelsea have spent around £600 million under Boehly and Eghbali,

They need to bank incoming cash by June 30 for it to count for the next set of financial accounts,

And help them meet Financial Fair Play requirements to avoid penalties for the next season.

As the club will be missing out on European qualification for the next year .

Backlash

It was Aubameyang’s first Premier League start since the reverse fixture in November,

The 33-year-old has struggled to get minutes during his nightmare season and has rarely been first-choice in recent months .

And pundit Burley, who won the FA Cup during his eight years at Stamford Bridge, believes time is up after the anonymous showing at the Emirates.

He said on ESPN: “Aubameyang can never wear a Chelsea jersey again, he is not even to training on the ground .

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