Arsenal accountability: The questions and the mistakes
By Jocelyn Taub
![BRENTFORD, ENGLAND - AUGUST 13: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta looks on during the Premier League match between Brentford and Arsenal at Brentford Community Stadium on August 13, 2021 in Brentford, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) BRENTFORD, ENGLAND - AUGUST 13: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta looks on during the Premier League match between Brentford and Arsenal at Brentford Community Stadium on August 13, 2021 in Brentford, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/346d2a2331f3c9ce9f4ea56df3a67708825746e2834a66144358f540db7c3c01.jpg)
What’s is Going on With Aubameyang & Lacazette?
It’s the first game of the season, Arsenal is coming off of an eighth-place finish and the team’s top strikers Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang are out of the squad due to “illness”? When asked about the pair’s absence in the season opener Arteta said ‘they feel unwell, that’s all I can say’.
Now it’s being reported that the pair will not be available to face Chelsea in a match over a week away. What is going on?
Less than a year after giving Aubameyang a new three-year deal, reports are circulating that Arsenal is open to letting the team captain leave.
Even more confounding is speculation that post-Messi Barcelona is considering bids for both Aubameyang and Lacazette.
Can anyone at the club explain what’s actually going on?
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