‘Chelsea stars talking behind Potter's back about Aubameyang’

Carlo Garganese

• 1 Mar 2023 13:28 GMT
• 3 min read

Chelsea players will be talking behind Graham Potter’s back about his treatment of striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, according to Arsenal legend Ian Wright.

Aubameyang has barely got a look-in under Potter and his substitute appearance in the 2-0 defeat to Tottenham on Sunday was his first outing in a month.

The former Arsenal striker was also left out of the Champions League list for the knockout stages, meaning he is ineligible to play for the rest of this season’s tournament.

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Aubameyang’s exile is all the more strange given the fact that Chelsea are crying out for goals and Potter has regularly been playing others players out of position in the No.9 role.

What did Wright say about Aubameyang?

“Whatever the problem is with Aubameyang… George Graham didn't have a problem not speaking to a player for months but if he needed him he's in,” Wright told Premier League Productions.

“I don't know what's gone on but Chelsea need a striker, they've got one and he's not playing.

“You wouldn't say it to the manager but the lads will talk about it. You'd talk to Aubameyang and say ‘we can't understand why you're not playing’.

“You'd be saying that to him because the Chelsea players know they need him right now. They'll be saying that.

“You don't know what's happened with the boss, you don't know why he's not playing but the players themselves will be saying ‘how come you're not playing, what's going on?’”

Aubameyang has made just four Premier League starts all season, scoring one goal, since his arrival from Barcelona last summer.

Potter, meanwhile, is at risk of the sack after a dreadful run of results has left Chelsea 10th in the Premier League.