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Arsenal signs Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

| | Feb 01, 2018, at 01:56 am

London, Jan 31 (IBNS): English football club Arsenal has signed Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Borussia Dortmund.

He has been signed on a long-term contract for a club-record fee.

"Our second signing of the January transfer window, Auba is one of the world’s most highly-rated strikers. He scored 98 goals in 144 Bundesliga games for Dortmund and had a hand in 172 goals in 213 matches in all competitions for his former club.," Arsenal said in a statement.

Auba is the Gabon captain and all-time top goalscorer, and became the first Gabonese winner of the African Footballer of the Year award in 2015.

Image: Arsenal Twitter page

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