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title: "Arsenal and Liverpool on alert as prime-target skips training"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Josh Challies"
section: "Arsenal Football Club"
published: "2016-01-06T18:59:21Z"
modified: "2016-01-06T18:59:21Z"
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# Arsenal and Liverpool on alert as prime-target skips training

![Aubameyang](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/4475411-500x341.jpg)Arsenal and Liverpool fans are rubbing their hands in anticipation and reserving a bottle of bubbly, with reports filtering through that a star player could arrive in the Premier League this month.

[*The Independent* report that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang missed training with Borussia Dortmund this morning, sparking fresh rumours that he could leave the German side in January.](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/arsenal-and-liverpool-target-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-misses-training-for-borussia-dortmund-a6797786.html)

The Bundesliga side stated he was absent for permanent reasons but that hasn’t stopped the rumour-mill, which continues to churn fresh speculation on a regular basis.

With 18 goals already in the Bundesliga this season, the 26-year-old Gabonese international leads the scoring charts and has risen to form; [which led chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke to address the situation earlier this week.](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/arsenal-and-liverpool-target-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-misses-training-for-borussia-dortmund-a6797786.html)

> “One must never make the mistake to believe that a club like BVB is dependent on a player. We are not dependent on anyone. When Robert Lewandowski left, we found \[a solution\] and he even has three more goals than Lewa.”
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> “\[The goal is that\] our team stays together. We do not have as much money as the top stars in the Premiere League, but we have a lot of other things to offer – for example our players were able to celebrate Christmas.”
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> “Last year around this time, many journalists wrote that our top players would be gone. Hummels was at Manchester United. Gundogan was with \[Real\] Madrid, Manchester or Barcelona. And where are they now? Still with us.”

Our landlord believes that Aubameyang will be on the move this year but doubts a January switch will develop.

**Will Aubameyang be a Premier League star by February? Let us know in the comments below!**