Arsenal close in on Dortmund ace Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as new head of recruitment insists they are not getting badboy
ARSENAL have been encouraged to sign Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang by the club's new head of recruitment, who has assured them he is not a disruptive influence.
Sven Mislintat, who left Dortmund at the end of last season, is ready to use his sway with the player to get him to the Emirates - after the Gabon international reportedly handed in a transfer request.
Aubameyang has had his fair share of disciplinary issues and was dropped from the Dortmund squad for disciplinary reasons over the weekend, despite scoring 21 goals in 23 games.
It is his third disciplinary sanction of the season.
And then he uploaded a video chat with former Manchester City youngster Jadon Sancho who joined Dortmund last summer.
He asks the English teenager: "Can you bring me to London one day?"
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The 28-year-old has been linked with a move to either Liverpool or Arsenal this window, as well as a mega-money switch to China, but the Gunners remain favourites with the bookies.
Wenger also faces the prospect of replacing Alexis Sanchez, who looks destined to head either to Manchester United or Chelsea, who seem ready to pay his high wage demands.
And German Mislintat has been holding several meetings with Wenger and Arsenal's raft of scouts as he bids to stamp his influence on the club, after being appointed in June.
So £50million Aubameyang has emerged as the name at the top of the list, with Dortmund clearly growing tired of his disciplinary issues.
Meanwhile £40m Bordeaux forward Malcom is also a target, but the French club are reluctant to sell this month.
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Theo Walcott also looks as though he will leave the Emirates for either Everton or Southampton, with the Toffees ready to sanction a £20m move.
Wenger said of his relationship with Mislintat: "We talk. We know the players. We know. It's not that we discover, we know every single player in Europe before Sven arrived.
"Sometimes in a little club in Germany, he might know somebody we might ignore."
Aubameyang has been accused of destabilising the Westfalenstadion dressing room by the club.
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Manager Michael Zorc said: "What is going now now is not to be tolerated by the club.
"It is clear, it cannot go on like this. I don't know what is going through his mind.
"I don't recognise him anymore. There is trougble in the team that is not good."
Sound familiar, Arsenal fans?