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Daily Mirror
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Jacob Leeks

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's timekeeping after Champions League axe sums up footballer

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has returned to Chelsea training this week after being brutally axed from the club's Champions League squad.

The striker was left out to allow Blues boss Graham Potter to bring several new January signings into the squad ahead of the knockout stages. That blow came amid Aubameyang's struggles to impress since arriving at Stamford Bridge from Barcelona last summer.

He has scored just three goals in all competitions for the Blues, with his last strike coming back in October. After the bitter blow of being dropped from the club's European squad, Aubameyang was given last weekend off.

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