Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is getting closer to becoming a Chelsea player, in the absence of an agreement between the English club and the FC Barcelona. The offer is already on the table and the Catalans will have to decide in the next few hours the conditions they present to take over the services of the Gabonese striker, whom Thomas Tuchel has expressly asked to reinforce his line of attack.
Chelsea got the “yes” from Aubameyang in a ‘summit’ in which they presented him with the project commanded by the former Paris Saint-Germain, in addition to offering him a much higher salary than the one he receives at Barça right now. The agreement, in personal terms, is almost absolute, but the negotiation with Barça is missing. So far, they have already sent the first formal proposal, which would include ‘cash’ and a player: Marcos Alonso.
According to the journalist David Ornstein, from ‘The Athletic’, the ‘blue’ team has sent a proposal of fifteen million pounds sterling plus the left back. However, from the Barcelona club they would not be happy with these conditions. At all times they have valued Aubameyang at 30 million euros and they prefer ‘cash’ to bartering for a footballer.
Fabrizio Romano has explained that Barça, in question, would not want Marcos Alonso as part of the operation. The reason is very simple: the blaugrana are required to generate capital gains to be able to have financial ‘fair play’ and register Jules Koundé and Marcos Alonso, when their incorporation is finalized. With the sale of ‘Auba’ for 30 ‘kilos’ and the departure of Memphis Depaywould have to be sufficient to fulfill the interests of the culés.
Meeting with the environment of ‘Auba’
The Italian journalist has reported, on the other hand, that In the next few hours there will be a meeting between the leaders of Barça and those around Aubameyang, in which the action plan to finalize the transfer will be discussed following the 32-year-old footballer gave Chelsea the green light for his transfer. They are willing to let him out, despite the fact that Xavi Hernández would like to keep him in the squad, but not under any conditions.
