Done Deal: Chelsea Complete Signing Of Aubameyang From Barcelona

Chelsea has completed the signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Barcelona.

 

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Chelsea has completed the signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Barcelona on transfer deadline day.

 

Speaking to Chelsea’s website after signing for the club, Aubameyang said: ‘I’m really happy.

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‘It’s an honour to be part of this team and I can’t wait to start. I have some unfinished business with the Premier League so it’s good to be back and really exciting.’

 

Chelsea chairman Todd Boehly added: ‘Pierre-Emerick is an elite striker with a proven track record in the Premier League and his arrival strengthens our squad, giving us new attacking options.

 

‘We are thrilled to have Pierre-Emerick on board with us in the new era at Chelsea and we’re really looking forward to working with him.’

 

His arrival has taken Chelsea’s spending to £278.4m for the summer – the most spent by one club in a single window ever.

 

The Gabon striker becomes Chelsea’s seventh signing of the summer following Wesley Fofana, Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly, Carney Chukwuemeka, Marc Cucurella and Cesare Casadei.

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Chelsea are back in action on Saturday when they face West Ham.

 

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