It's an extremely bitter end to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's career at Arsenal.
Barcelona has confirmed that the striker has signed a deal until 2025 with a release clause of €100million.
Aubameyang's contract also contains a clause that allows both parties the "option to agree departure" in June 2023.
The writing was on the wall for the Gabon international at the Emirates after his public fallout with Mikel Arteta that led to the removal of his captaincy.
It wasn't Aubameyang's first disciplinary issue but many believed there was a way back for him given his four years of service to the club, coupled with Arsenal's lack of depth up front with Eddie Nketiah and Alexandre Lacazette the only two recognised no.9s.
But Arteta stuck to his guns and wanted his players to know there are consequences for their actions if they don't adhere to his "non-negotiable" standards".
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The Arsenal board backed their manager's decision as they go all-in on the Spaniard's project, but the situation will have left a bitter taste in some people's mouths.
Edu is likely to be one of them after the sporting director significantly invested in his star man after making him the club's highest earner with his contract extension in September 2020.
The Arsenal chief said at the time: "It's clear Auba loves the club and everything we stand for on and off the pitch.
"He's obviously a very important part of the team so we're all delighted he has committed his future to us. It's a big boost for everyone – fans, teammates and staff."
Offering Aubameyang £350,000-a-week is a clear indication he was important to the club, but the fact Edu's admission that he was everything Arsenal stood for "on and off the pitch" shows that he wasn't willing to throw about that type of money for anyone - the Brazilian wanted him to spearhead the club's rebuild.
Aubameyang was also on the same wavelength and seemed to be fully on board with the direction Arsenal were going in under Arteta.
He said after penning his new deal: "Signing for this special club was never in doubt. It's thanks to our fans, my teammates, my family and everybody at this club that I feel like I belong here.
"I believe in Arsenal. We can achieve big things together. We have something exciting here and I believe the best is to come for Arsenal."
Arteta refuted claims that he was being a "dictator" as the situation with Aubameyang unravelled.
He said on December 22: "I don't establish my authority by being dictatorial or being ruthless, I just ask for one thing: respect and commitment.
"At this level, if I don't get that I pack my bags and go somewhere else because that is the minimum I can ask for. I am sorry but I am going to expect that from everybody who works for the club. First of all myself. And the day I don't do that I walk through that door and go and do something else. It is as clear as that.
"To be successful you have to be passionate about something and you want to represent a club of this size with its history, that is the minimum standard you have to bring.
"I am not going to ask anybody to put the ball into the top corner every time they hit it, but I will ask them to do the right things every single day for this club. That is for sure."
Edu backed the manager, but it's fair to say he will have mixed feelings over the decision to part ways with the player who is arguably his biggest success story during his time as sporting director.
