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Arsenal mess up and accidentally confirm Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang signing

Published 08:00 31 Jan 2018 GMT

Updated 08:20 31 Jan 2018 GMT

James Dawson
Arsenal mess up and accidentally confirm Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang signing

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Somebody's going to get fired for this.

So it's transfer deadline day and Arsenal, being Arsenal, have kicked things off in the most Arsenal way they possibly could. They appear to have accidentally confirmed the signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, after mistakenly posting a video clip of Arsene Wenger talking about the player. It is believed that the Gunners have agreed a club-record fee worth around £55 million with Borussia Dortmund - with the slip up as good as confirming it's a done deal. [caption id="attachment_160218" align="alignnone" width="1024"] (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images)[/caption] Arsenal uploaded the video to their website in the early hours of the morning, in it Wenger confirmed that a deal for Aubameyang had been finalised. In the clip, an interviewer asked: "So, Aubameyang is an Arsenal player, you must be delighted to get the deal done?" https://twitter.com/GadGooner/status/958531363325468672 To which Wenger responded: "Yes, good news, we need people who can give us more offensive power, we are not efficient enough going forward and I believe he can bring that." It has since been deleted, pointing to the fact they hadn't yet intended to make the announcement. Still fans will be happy they've brought the player in.    
Arsenal mess up and accidentally confirm Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang signing