2023-07-19 16:56:58
After a journey that took him to the best clubs in Europe for ten years, he will finally return home. Back in France, striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will join Marseille, one of the few clubs in France, which he had not yet known.
While he still had a year left on his contract with Chelsea, the 34-year-old Gabonese international (74 caps, 30 goals) was released by the English club. In the radars of Saudi football, which made him a target, Aubameyang finally decided to leave the banks of the Thames for Canebière.
Pierre Aubameyang and OM plan ????✨
◉ Travelling tonight to Germany.
◉ Joining Olympique Marseille camp.
◉ Medical tests scheduled on Thursday.
◉ Three year contract signing, next 24h.Here we go and one more big signing for Olympique Marseille this summer. pic.twitter.com/JOfTKdQd0G
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 19, 2023
The person concerned will join his new teammates who are currently training in Germany under the orders of a new coach, Marcelino, and will have his medical examination this Thursday. After this formality, he can then sign a three-year contract, until 2027.
It is in any case a big blow made by OM, which therefore managed to attract the former player from Borussia Dortmund (2013-2018), Arsenal (2018-2022), Barcelona (2022) and Chelsea last season. Trained in Rouen and Bastia, the native of Laval (Mayenne) also played in Dijon, Lille, Monaco and Saint-Étienne, a club with which he won the League Cup in 2013 before leaving for Germany.
Forced to participate in the third preliminary round of the Champions League after finishing 3rd in Ligue 1, OM will know their first opponent on Monday after the draw. In the event of qualification, the Phocaeans will still have to eliminate a last team in the play-offs to reach the group stages. In the meantime, the Marseille club will be on the starting line of Ligue 1 with 18 clubs with the reception of Reims, the weekend of August 12-13 at the Vélodrome. Until then, he will play several preparation matches against the Belgians of Eupen and Waalwijk on July 22 and 27 then Leverkusen on August 2.
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