Rafa Benitez reveals ‘inside’ info on Arteta’s bust-up with Aubameyang
Rafa Benitez has revealed how Mikel Arteta did everything he could to help Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang before the player left Arsenal.
Earlier this month a video emerged of Aubameyang criticising Arteta’s management at the Emirates in which he claimed the Spaniard did not know how to handle ‘big players’.
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During their last few months together at Arsenal, Arteta stripped Aubameyang of the captaincy after several disciplinary breaches.
Arsenal subsequently agreed to terminate Aubameyang’s contract, which made the way for the striker’s move to Barcelona in the closing stages of the January window.
But Benitez says Arteta attempted to ‘support’ Aubameyang before eventually deciding that the attacker had no future at the c...