{"id":10947,"date":"2022-03-01T12:02:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T17:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/01\/ferdinand-explains-why-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-is-performing-much-better-at-barcelona-than-arsenal\/"},"modified":"2022-03-01T12:02:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T17:02:40","slug":"ferdinand-explains-why-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-is-performing-much-better-at-barcelona-than-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/01\/ferdinand-explains-why-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-is-performing-much-better-at-barcelona-than-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferdinand explains why Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is performing much better at Barcelona than Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Rio Ferdinand has offered an explanation for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang\u2019s much-improved form since he left Arsenal for FC Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Aubameyang had been a mainstay in the Gunners\u2019 side for several years, and long stood as their top-scoring forward.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Gabonese hitman then fell out of favour under Mikel Arteta late last year, for what at the time was described as disciplinary issues.<\/p>\n<p>Aubameyang, despite being under contract until 2023, was then able to leave Arsenal on a free transfer in January.<\/p>\n<p>The striker has since fitted seamlessly into Barca\u2019s side, scoring four goals in La Liga and one in the Europa League so far.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Auba?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Auba<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NapoliBar%C3%A7a?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NapoliBar\u00e7a<\/a> (2-4) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kfDryOwq3V\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/kfDryOwq3V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FC Barcelona (@fcbarcelona_fra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fcbarcelona_fra\/status\/1497608153885724673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nNow, Rio Ferdinand has offered an explanation for Aubameyang\u2019s upturn in form, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/arsenal-fc\/transfer-news\/arsenal-news-transfers-live-lewandowski-23246262\">suggesting<\/a> that all the forwarded needed was to be happy:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just looks happy again,\u201d Ferdinand stated. \u201cI saw him at Arsenal, for a number of months where he just didn\u2019t look happy and people undervalue and underestimate how important your happiness is when you are a footballer.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"gg101-at-label absolute\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item flex aic gg101__brandbox--item_no-border\" data-segment='{\"block_widget_id\":\"1670456\",\"block_widget_type\":\"cta-shortcode-button\",\"brand_id\":765961,\"brand_name\":\"Bet365\",\"offer_text\":\"New customers bet u00a310 and get u00a350 in free bets!\"}'>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__image\">\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet365.com\/?affiliate=365_851681&amp;bet=1#\/HO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__link\">\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/165x165_Bet365-squareLogo.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Bet365 Brand Logo\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet365.com\/?affiliate=365_851681&amp;bet=1#\/HO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__link\">New customers bet \u00a310 and get \u00a350 in free bets!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__get-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: #008061\">\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet365.com\/?affiliate=365_851681&amp;bet=1#\/HO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__get flex aic jcc mla\"><span class=\"cjbb__fraction only_fraction\" style=\"color:white;\">BET NOW<\/span><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox-t-and-c\">Open Account Offer. 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So why did he leave?<\/p>\n<p>Well, in a recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/arsenal-fc\/news\/gabriel-aubameyang-arsenal-mikel-arteta-23225690\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview<\/a>, Gabriel has revealed that an issue came to the fore between his former teammate and the coaching staff at the club, which did not involve the other Arsenal players:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAubameyang is in my heart, we all wanted him at Arsenal,\u201d the Brazilian stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something that happened between him and the coaching staff, the other players weren\u2019t in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said goodbye to him before he left, I hope he enjoys Barcelona, he is a very nice person with a big heart and I love him very much.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/football-predictions\/luton-town-vs-chelsea-betting-tips-fa-cup-preview\/\">Luton Town vs Chelsea betting tips: FA Cup preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/la-liga-betting-tips\/rcd-mallorca-vs-real-sociedad-betting-tips-la-liga-preview\/\">Mallorca vs Real Sociedad betting tips: La Liga preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rio Ferdinand has offered an explanation for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang\u2019s much-improved form since he left Arsenal for FC Barcelona. Aubameyang had been a mainstay in the Gunners\u2019 side for several years, and long stood as their top-scoring forward. However, the Gabonese hitman then fell out of favour under Mikel Arteta late last year, for what at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-10947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}