Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta is expecting positive news “in the next few days” regarding the contract of club captain, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Aubameyang scored Arsenal’s third goal as they won comprehensively, 3-0 at Fulham in their first match of the 2020-21 Premier League season on Saturday (September 12).
The Gabonese international has now scored 55 goals in the top flight since his debut on February 4, 2018, which is more than any other player in the competition during that period. Aubameyang’s future has been the subject of intense speculation in recent months, with his contract expiring in 2021.
Arteta stated this week that Arsenal fans could feel “pretty relaxed” about the 31-year-old’s future and suggested again on Saturday that a positive update was around the corner.
“I’m really positive we’re going to get it done and in the next few days hopefully we have some news,” he told BT Sport.
Arteta was thrilled with his side’s performance against Fulham, who had no response to the goals from Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette and debutant Gabriel.
Willian also enjoyed an impressive first outing for the Gunners, forcing the chance for Lacazette to open the scoring before assisting his side’s further two goals.
“I wanted to see my team determined to come to this difficult ground against a really good team and do the things that we trained and show the spirit we showed again today,” Arteta said.
“They’ve been training really well. For Gabriel, it was a big challenge to come to this small ground in the Premier League. I think he didn’t play for six months with everything that happened in France.
“Mo Elneny again I thought did brilliant today. All the boys tried really hard; the ones that came on have to push these guys again.”
