Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang should stay at the Gunners beyond this season, according to former midfielder Paul Merson.
Aubameyang has been linked with a move away from the Emirates Stadium at the end of the 2019/20 campaign - with the president of the Gabon Football Association, Pierre Alain Mounguengui, adding fuel to the fire by saying the striker should leave the Gunners for a club with greater ambition.
However, Merson believes that the Gabon striker, who has scored 17 goals in the Premier League this season, should stay put at Arsenal for now.
“It’s easy saying move to another, more ambitious club and win stuff but there are not a lot of trophies to win, especially with the two phenomenal football clubs: Liverpool and Manchester City,” the former Gunners star said in his Sky Sports column.
“I was very fortunate to play for Arsenal for a long time and make no mistake about it, it’s a great club. The grass is not always green on the other side, you have got to be careful.
“Aubameyang is at an age now where he will play every week for Arsenal. If he goes to, say, Manchester United or somewhere else, four or five bad games and you are out of the team.
“He’s going to play every week at Arsenal and when you are coming towards the end of your career, two or three years ago, you have got to enjoy your football and play.
“If I were Aubameyang’s agent, I would be stressing that he is at one of the best clubs in the world, a phenomenal football club that has as much chance as anybody, bar Manchester City and Liverpool, winning something.
"For me, I would stay.”
