{"id":14894,"date":"2022-04-11T18:04:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T22:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/04\/11\/pierre-emerick-aubameyang-sends-barcelona-contract-message-to-ousmane-dembele\/"},"modified":"2022-04-11T18:04:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T22:04:54","slug":"pierre-emerick-aubameyang-sends-barcelona-contract-message-to-ousmane-dembele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/04\/11\/pierre-emerick-aubameyang-sends-barcelona-contract-message-to-ousmane-dembele\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang sends Barcelona contract message to Ousmane Dembele"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has provided his take on the ongoing speculation surrounding the future of teammate and close friend Ousmane Dembele.<\/p>\n<p>The subject of wide-man Dembele\u2019s future has of course taken its place front and centre in the headlines of late.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as the Frenchman, despite a head-turning resurgence under the watch of Xavi Hernandez, sees his contract continue to inch towards its conclusion this coming summer.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media on Sunday night, it therefore came as little surprise when the subject of Dembele\u2019s situation was put to the aforementioned Aubameyang.<\/p>\n<p>And the winter arrival in Catalunya was unwavering in his response, insisting that \u2018Dembouz\u2019 simply \u2018has to stay here\u2019:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang post-match: \u201cOusmane knows me well so I\u2019ve to be ready when he gets the ball on the right. He has to stay here.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MovistarFutbol?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MovistarFutbol<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Get Spanish Football News (@GSpanishFN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GSpanishFN\/status\/1513260338849976325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Messi matched<\/h2>\n<p>Aubameyang\u2019s public plea to Dembele, of course, comes after the former Borussia Dortmund pair combined to devastating effect on the pitch once more just 24 hours ago.<\/p>\n<p>After Xavi\u2019s troops fell into a surprise hole at relegation-battling Levante, Dembele\u2019s deft left-footed delivery teed up Aubameyang\u2019s equaliser on the hour mark, setting the stage for a stunning last-gasp Blaugrana triumph:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Who else but Aubameyang to put Barcelona level<\/p>\n<p>and Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 providing yet another assist? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DyDHOCEWIx\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/DyDHOCEWIx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootballJOE\/status\/1513251626336858113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Not only that, but, in the process of laying on yet another Barca goal, Dembele too joined some altogether elite company on the continent.<\/p>\n<p>As revealed by statisticians Opta, the French international has matched\u00a0one-time teammate Lionel Messi as the most prolific assist provider across Europe\u2019s top-5 leagues since the turn of the year:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">9 \u2013 FC Barcelona\u2019s Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 has provided the most assist in the Top 5 European Leagues in the 2022 year (nine, alongside Lionel Messi). Emergent. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YIpuWqAklh\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/YIpuWqAklh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OptaJose (@OptaJose) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OptaJose\/status\/1513256021493530646?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/robert-lewandowski-set-to-swap-bayern-for-barcelona-and-has-already-informed-bayern-ceo\/\">Robert Lewandowski set to swap Bayern for Barcelona and has already informed Bayern CEO<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/barcelona-star-pedri-opens-up-on-his-relationship-with-gavi\/\">Barcelona star Pedri opens up on his relationship with Gavi<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Barcelona star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has provided his take on the ongoing speculation surrounding the future of teammate and close friend Ousmane Dembele. The subject of wide-man Dembele\u2019s future has of course taken its place front and centre in the headlines of late. This comes as the Frenchman, despite a head-turning resurgence under the watch [&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-14894","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\/14894","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=14894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}