The likelihood of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang leaving Arsenal before the close of the transfer week has become even greater.
That was after he was excluded from the squad that has flown off to Dubai for a week of warm weather training and some downtime. Jack Wilshere, who does not even have a contract with the club and is back trying to regain his fitness and doing some work with the youth teams, was on the plane though.
Instead, Aubameyang has been told to continue training by himself, as his future is decided.
AC Milan are the latest club to express an interest, but they have been deterred by Aubameyang wanting twice in wages what they currently pay Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Two other men not on the plane to Dubai are Edu, the Director of Football at the Emirates, and his deputy Richard Garlick. They are staying in London to work on transfer business.
