Aubameyang To Stay At Dortmund Despite Tempting Chinese Offer

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang said Sunday
that he was the subject of a big-money
offer from China, but his club Borussia
Dortmund insist he will not leave this
season.



Aubameyang, who is under contract until
2020, confirms in Sunday’s edition of Die
Welt that there was an offer from an
unnamed Chinese club, but Dortmund
have said he will not leave in 2017/18.



The 28-year-old had been linked to China’s
Tianjin Quanjin, who last month signed
French striker Anthony Modeste from
Dortmund’s rivals Cologne in a deal
reportedly worth 35 million euros
($41.2m).



“Yes, I had an offer. But I think the Chinese
were hard pressed to submit a bid to
Borussia Dortmund,” said Aubameyang.



“I think the structures are still not as
professional as in Europe.”



And the Gabon international admits he
was tempted.
“It is normal that you think about it, if so
much money is offered,” he said.



“I know that many people have said that
you can not go to China, because the
football (there) is a step back.



“But I think that anybody would think
about it when he gets such an offer.”



The Gabon hotshot, the Bundesliga’s top
scorer last season with 31 goals, scored in
Saturday’s German Super Cup home defeat
to Bayern Munich.



Dortmund lost 5-4 in a penalty shoot-out
after it finished 2-2 over 90 minutes
before Marc Bartra had his crucial spot-
kick saved in the pre-season showdown.