Like it or not, there was pressure on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang when he arrived at Chelsea on deadline day. There was an expectation on Aubameyang to provide the goods for a team who had desperately lacked a goalscorer in previous seasons.
It was even more of a 'gulp' moment when the former Barcelona striker was handed the 'cursed' number nine shirt upon his arrival. The likes of Alvaro Morata, Gonzalo Higuaín and Radamel Falcao have worn that shirt for the Blues in previous years and, in short, flopped.
The early signs are that Aubameyang isn't going to fall foul to the so-called number nine curse. The 33-year-old has scored three goals in his first five Chelsea appearances, with Graham Potter getting the best out of him so far, even though he was a Thomas Tuchel recruit.
