What Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang did to Folarin Balogun and Miguel Azeez in Arsenal training

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 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been in good spirits since returning to Arsenal this week.

The Gunners captain was one of several first-team players called up for international duty following the 3-3 draw against West Ham United at the London Stadium earlier in the month.

And after struggling against the Hammers which saw him substituted just minutes before Alexandre Lacazette scored to complete a dramatic comeback, Aubameyang was back to his best last Thursday evening.

Not only did the 31-year-old get on the scoresheet in the 86th minute of a comfortable 3-0 win over DR Congo, but he also claimed an assist for Denis Bouanga.

That win sealed Gabon's place at next year's Africa Cup of Nations tournament and mini-break from club action might have been just what Aubameyang needed.

Usually, a positive influence at training, he appears to have been in an even better mood this week.

The biggest change is a brand new hairstyle - one that caught the attention of teammate Alexandre Lacazette.

In fact, Lacazette took to social media to share his verdict.

The Frenchman uploaded a video to his Instagram account of Aubameyang in the changing room after training and compared his teammate to rapper Travis Scott for the similarity in hairstyle.

But the striker was bouncing around in the video looking extremely happy as he interacted with his teammates and that continued on Tuesday.

As seen in the images below, Aubameyang embraced both Folarin Balogun and Miguel Azeez in training and had a huge smile on his face.


The bad news from Aubameyang's recent exploits is that he has handed Arsenal manager Mikel Artetaa major blow for next season.

As mentioned above, Gabon will now be competing in next year’s Africa Cup of Nations which takes place in January and February 2022.

This means, depending on how far Gabon go in the tournament, Arteta could be without his star man for up to a month next season.



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