According to Officially, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang joins Olympique de Marseille.
Official statement from the club
Olympique de Marseille is proud to announce the signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The Gabonese international striker came to the club this afternoon.
He runs, he scores and he laughs.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has never really walked. From his first steps on Catalan soil, where his father played for him for a long time, to the supersonic sprints that the European nets have turned upside down, “Auba” has always had that rare gift: that of making time an ally and space, a playground.
Born in Laval, raised in a family of football and a demanding Gabonese international father, Pierre-Emerick grew up with a predetermined destination. But unlike so many others, he did not only follow the rules: he went beyond them.
After he started at AC Milan, they then borrow spells in France (Dijon, Lille, Monaco) before he appeared on stage in Saint-étienne, the young striker was tightened: pure speed, sharp runs and surgical processing. At Dortmund he scored five seasons as pearls such as Pearls. The adventure continued in Arsenal for four years, when FC Barcelona, still with just as much success.
Coming from Chelsea, he signed for Marseille, where after a normal adjustment period his talent erupted against Ajax on an autumn evening. “I came to tension,” he said during his first press conference, with his almost youthful smile. The fans were not disappointed. A hat trick against the Dutch, and when the winter approached, “Pea” heated the Oranje Vélodrome with its goals, acrobatic festivals and insatiable desire. The 34-year-old became the spearhead of an explosive Marseille attack when he was in the heart.
Dubbels against Montpellier, Nantes, Lorient, flash of brilliance in Europe, especially during a memorable evening against Villarreal … he finished the 2023-2024 season with 30 goals in all competitions. This is something unseen to have since Didier Drogba, 20 years earlier. Marseille's demanding audience now praises him in the air. The “old lion” roars again.
A season in Saudi Aarabia later, in which he scored 21 goals in 36 games, the slim figure of the Gabonese international returns to Marseille. At 36 he still has the fire to rock stadiums. And above all, that deep desire to play, excite, to give.
In Marseille he found more than a club: a theater that suited him.
Welcome Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang!