Arsenal skipper Aubameyang out of Saints match for ‘personal reasons’
26 January 2021 |
12:13 pm
Arsenal will once more be without captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for Tuesday's Premier League trip to Southampton.
Arsenal will once more be without captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for Tuesday’s Premier League trip to Southampton.
The Gabon striker missed holders Arsenal’s fourth-round FA Cup defeat by the Saints on Saturday due to what the north London side said were “personal reasons”.
The Gunners said on Tuesday Aubameyang would not be a member of their squad for the trip to the south coast for “personal family reasons”.
They could also be without Kieran Tierney because of the left-back’s calf injury.
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