Game changer, season changer, title changer.
It’s hard to find a phrase that would overstate what it would mean if a club could pry Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from the hands of Borussia Dortmund.
Aubameyang raised eyebrows Monday with his non-dismissal of a transfer possibility. It wasn’t quite a “come and get me”, but the door is certainly open.
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“I don’t know if I will stay. I just think about playing good football right now. I want to give my best and win titles. I just think about the sport and nothing else.”
If you don’t pay a lot of attention to the Bundesliga, it might be easy to overlook Aubameyang. But the season he’s having with BVB’s wealth of playmaking midfielders is overwhelming. Give him less than a yard, and he’s all set.
Keep calm and @aubameyang7 on.
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) December 3, 2016
That's his league-leading 14th goal of the season. #BVBBMG https://t.co/XmrZYQkRpv
Throw in the UEFA Champions League, and “Auba” has 18 goals in 18 matches. In the Bundesliga, he has a 4-goal night at Hamburg but also goals against Bayern and Hertha. Aubameyang has two braces, and has only been held off the score sheet three times (BVB is 1D-2L in those contests).
Put plainly, no one is doing what he’s doing right now.
Top Five leagues, 2016-17 goals (matches)
- Aubameyang, BVB -- 15 (12)
- Edinson Cavani, PSG -- 14 (14)
- Anthony Modeste, Koln -- 12 (13)
- Mauro Icardi, Inter Milan -- 12 (14)
- Eden Dzeko, Roma -- 12 (15)
- Alexandre Lacazette -- 11 (11)
- Alexis Sanchez, Arsenal -- 11 (14)
- Diego Costa, Chelsea -- 11 (14)
- Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid -- 10 (11)
- Sergio Aguero, Manchester City -- 10 (12)
- Andrea Belotti, Torino -- 10 (13)
- Lionel Messi, Barcelona -- 9 (9)
- Luis Suarez, Barcelona -- 9 (12)
- Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Munich -- 9 (13)
- Iago Aspas, Celta Vigo -- 9 (13)
- Ciro Immobile, Lazio -- 9 (15)
- Alassane Plea, Nice -- 9 (16)
