(Reuters) – Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been dropped from Saturday’s Premier League squad to face Southampton because of a “disciplinary breach”, supervisor Mikel Arteta stated.
Aubameyang, who signed a brand new three-12 months contract with the north London membership final 12 months, has struggled this season, scoring solely 4 Premier League targets — the final of which was in October towards Aston Villa.
“(It is) sadly because of a disciplinary breach,” Arteta stated earlier than Saturday’s game at Emirates Stadium.
“We’ve been very constant that there are particular non-negotiables on the staff that we’ve set ourselves and as a membership, and he isn’t concerned right this moment.”
Asked if the choice was a protracted-time period ban or simply for Saturday’s game, Arteta added: “It begins right this moment… It’s actually not a simple scenario, a scenario that we wish our membership captain to be in.”
Aubameyang has been dropped earlier than for disciplinary causes, with Arteta excluding the Gabon worldwide from their 2-1 derby win over north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur final season.
Arsenal have slipped to seventh within the league standings this season after again-to-again defeats and have 23 factors after 15 matches, whereas Southampton are sixteenth on 16 factors.
(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Editing by Rohith Nair)
