In addition to the traumatic moment caused by the violent robbery at home, in front of his family, Pierre Emerick Aubameyang has a broken jaw due to the blow that one of the thieves dealt him with a shotgun, a scene that La Vanguardia already explained in the story of the facts. The extent of the injury, advanced by The Athletic and confirmed by this newspaper, will keep him out for several weeks and could complicate his signing for Chelsea.
The 33-year-old Gabonese striker is negotiating his departure from Barça for London in the last hours of the market. Both parties were approaching positions, very close to an agreement, but this setback alters the plans of the English entity, which would not have Aubameyang for approximately a month.
The Aubameyang family suffered an assault on their home during the night of last Sunday, after the match between Barça and Valladolid at the Camp Nou. The African did not play the match, substitute the 90 minutes, and then lived the dramatic robbery in his home, the second since he arrived in Barcelona last winter.
Alysha Behague, Aubameyang’s wife, tried to activate the alarm connected to a private security company, but one of the assailants stopped her, at which point the footballer tried to impose himself and took a blow to the jaw with the butt of his a shotgun. The thieves stole from them an estimated loot of around 700,000 euros, which is added to the million and a half between jewels and watches that they stole in the robbery suffered on July 17.
Despite the good performance in his short time at Barça, with a total of 13 goals, the club opened the door for the striker to be able to cash in on his transfer and thus finish adjusting to financial fair play regulations. The Barcelona club expects to enter more than 20 million for an operation that is now entering unknown territory with just over 24 hours to go until the market closes.
The proximity of the World Cup, which this year is played exceptionally in November, would mean that Aubameyang would only be available for a few games before the appointment in Qatar. After the conclusion of the national team championship on December 18, Chelsea would play again on December 26, just a few days before the winter market opens on January 1.
