Ex-Arsenal defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos said Mikel Arteta’s spat with former captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang “could have been resolved differently”.
Arteta and Aubameyang endured a very public falling out which saw the Gunners’ boss strip the Gabonian hitman of the club captaincy. The Spaniard cited the striker’s ill-discipline as the reason informing his ruthless decision to confine the striker to the sidelines.
Their time together came to an untidy end as the former Borussia Dortmund ace’s contract was terminated so he could be offloaded to Barcelona in the January transfer window. And amid Aubameyang’s sensational start to life under Xavi which has seen him fire ten goals in his first 14 appearances, Sokratis believes there could have been another way to resolve their qualms.
