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Arsenal may be willing to sell Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to Real Madrid, but only if Luka Jovic comes the other way. Yes. Please.
Selling Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang felt like a cardinal sin about a year ago, but a lot changes in a year, and Arsenal are in a much different place. Even if they weren’t though, the practicality of selling Aubameyang now makes eternal sense, rather than holding him even one year longer knowing how much his value is going to decline.
That said, getting a quality striker is not easy, and it certainly isn’t cheap. And if you sell Aubameyang and have to spend the entire haul on a replacement, then how much did you actually gain?
That’s why the rumors linking Arsenal to a swap deal with Real Madrid, in which they would get Aubameyang and we would get Luka Jovic and cash, is so attractive. It’s a no-brainer. Everyone wins.
Luka Jovic is as highly-touted a player as there is out there. He made that ill-fated grab for Real Madrid, probably earlier than he should have, and all of a sudden, that Eintracht Frankfurt sharpshooter has been partially overshadowed by a cluster of talent.
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Jovic needs somewhere to start fresh, somewhere to plant himself and grow with a team, and rarely do you see an opportunity like that at a club like Arsenal.
With a rebuild absolutely needed, they will need to start cutting lose some of the luxury players that no longer make sense to keep. Aubameyang is one of them. They need young, industrial players with physical strength and a powerful engine that want to prove themselves to the world.
Jovic is one of them.
Without having had that breakthrough into the top tier, Jovic is still in the prospect stage. His two-year loan at Frankfurt tickled the international spectrum, but his slow start in Spain has lulled that tickle in to a false calm.
Give him a new stage at the Emirates and the tickling will commence in a big way.
We don’t want the stress of finding a new striker. And in the likelihood that Alexandre Lacazette does stay, we’d really just need an alternative who can hold the role and grow into it and provide a secondary option. If he can’t do that, Real Madrid never would have signed him.
It really is a no-brainer. Get it done. Ditch the dead weight and bring in new excitement.