Sources have told ESPN that Barcelona have agreed a deal to sign Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on a free transfer.
The clubs have been locked in talks since the weekend with the 32-year-old flying to Catalonia this morning in an effort to advance a deal.
The club were keen to reduce Aubameyang's salary - which starts at £250,000 a week - following a deterioration in his relationship with manager Mikel Arteta, before being stripped of the captaincy following a series of disciplinary issues in December. They were left behind. The first-team squad traveled to Dubai for a winter training break earlier this month.
Barca's financial troubles are well documented and they have told the North London club that they can only pay a small part of Aubameyang's salary in any loan deal.
But after talks threatened to break down on Monday, the two sides later found a deal in which Aubameyang signs a free transfer, meaning Arsenal have got rid of his salary for good and Barcelona as their man. have got it.
Sources told ESPN that Aubameyang took a pay cut to seal the move, prompted by the prospect of another spell in the woods he lived in north London.
Aubameyang hasn't played for the club since 6 December and was deported from the Africa Cup of Nations after medical tests showed he had cardiac arrest. He had earlier tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Cameroon for the tournament.
The Gabon striker later posted on social media, saying that his heart was "all right" and that he was given a clean bill of health after further tests in London.
Sources have previously told ESPN that Juventus striker lvaro Morata, on loan from Atletico Madrid, was Barca's primary target to fix their goal-scoring issues, but Aubameyang was their focus after the deal was not done for the Spain striker. done.