BY PETER KARANJA
Football analyst Timothy Alan Sherwood has not minced his words regarding Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s indiscipline that has seen him warm the bench at Arsenal.
Aubameyang is said to have become a notorious late comer to team trainings.
Sources says that the striker recently drove his expensive car to training after everyone else has arrived – and it’s not the first time.
Arteta when asked why his leading scorer was left out in the Arsenal vs Southampton game on Saturday – said it was all down to discipline issues.
“Unfortunately (Aubameyang isn’t playing) due to a disciplinary breach,” Arteta said.
“I think we’ve been very consistent, there are some non-negotiables on the team that we have set ourselves and as a club and he’s not involved.
“This certainly isn’t an easy situation, we don’t want our club captain to be in that situation,” concluded Arteta.
Reacting to the news – Sherwood – who is a former English professional football manager and former player labelled the Gabonese as a disgrace.
“I think the manager is under huge pressure, but what he can’t suffer is players throwing the toys out the pram and thinking because I’m sitting on the bench at Everton I can do whatever I want and not curb with the rest of the players,” he told Sky Sports.
“I think it’s an absolute disgrace.”
“”If he’s not a good talker then he has to lead by example. But he’s not showing an example off the pitch and on the pitch, he isn’t either,”said Sherwood.
Reports indicated that Aubameyang who sat out at Everton where Arteta’s charges suffered a humiliating 2-1 loss on Monday, had hoped to be named among the starting 11 when Arsenal hosted Southampton on Saturday, December 11.
Arteta however, left him out after missing Friday’s training session.
Still, Arsenal beat Southampton 3-0. Alexandre Lacazette, Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Magalhaes all scoresheet.