{"id":68238,"date":"2023-05-18T12:13:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T12:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/18\/aubameyang-announces-gabon-retirement-u-turn\/"},"modified":"2023-05-18T12:13:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T12:13:24","slug":"aubameyang-announces-gabon-retirement-u-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/18\/aubameyang-announces-gabon-retirement-u-turn\/","title":{"rendered":"Aubameyang announces Gabon retirement U-turn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"391\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-169-754x424-1-696x391.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"image-169-754x424\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Chelsea striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is to return to the Gabon side a year after announcing his international retirement.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old\u00a0retired as his country\u2019s record scorer, with 28 goals in 68 appearances, in May 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The forward said the return was prompted by a meeting with the African country\u2019s president Ali Bongo Ondimba.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201c(I) listened to the wise words he said to me as a father talking to his son,\u201d Aubameyang posted on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Gabon, led by former La Rochelle defender Patrice Neveu, are currently top their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification group.<\/p>\n<p>They can seal their place at the tournament in Ivory Coast next January, with a game to spare, when they host the Democratic Republic of Congo in June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few days ago, I had the immense honour to be received by the President of the Republic (of Gabon) Ali Bongo Ondimba,\u201d Aubameyang\u2019s post added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing this, I, therefore, put myself at the disposal of my country and of the coach Patrice Neveu.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The French-born forward, who made his debut for Gabon in 2009, has endured a number of difficult club campaigns in recent seasons \u2013 including being\u00a0stripped of the Arsenal captaincy\u00a0in December 2021 before moving to Barcelona in the following transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>He has now been\u00a0linked with a summer move\u00a0back to the Nou Camp, where he started the 2022-2023 season.<\/p>\n<p>The Catalan club confirmed Aubameyang will get a La Liga winners medal from their title win this season despite playing for only eight minutes\u00a0before his move to Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>Aubameyang was first brought to the Premier League\u00a0from Borussia Dortmund in 2018\u00a0by then Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and scored 92 goals in 142 starts for the Gunners.<\/p>\n<p>However, he has only scored once in the Premier League for Chelsea this season and, despite scoring in both the home and away matches against his first club AC Milan in their Champions League group, was\u00a0dropped by the Blues\u00a0for the knock-out stages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"ZSmL-239F4s\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Badwam News on Adom TV (18-05-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZSmL-239F4s?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is to return to the Gabon side a year after announcing his international retirement. The 33-year-old\u00a0retired as his country\u2019s record scorer, with 28 goals in 68 appearances, in May 2022. 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