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Daily Mirror
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Tom Malley

Mikel Arteta backed for protecting Arsenal 'priority' in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang axe

Arsenal legend and former defender Bacary Sagna has said that Mikel Arteta made the right decision by selling Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the January transfer window.

The forward left the club by mutual consent following deadline day and subsequently joined Barcelona a few days later, after he had been stripped of his Arsenal captaincy and frozen out of the squad.

The Gabon international had failed to report back to training on the agreed time and date after being allowed to visit his mother in France back in December, with Arteta punishing him as a result.

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