Darren Bent concerned Aubameyang is another Mesut Ozil at Arsenal

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Arsenal supporting pundit and former Spurs striker, Darren Bent, has warned the Gunners they could be in trouble with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

The striker sat out the season opener at Brentford on Friday and has looked a shadow of the player he can be since he signed a mega-money new deal.

Talks have also started to come to the fore in recent days about a potential move away from the Gunners. Reports over the weekend suggested Arsenal may be willing to offload the striker, with Barcelona keeping tabs.

And speaking on Talksport today, Bent has claimed that Arsenal need to be worried they don’t end up with another Mesut Ozil situation.

“The Aubameyang one, I understand at the time, he was playing well, so they needed to give it to him,” Bent said.

“But we saw last year when things went a bit sour. I just worry that we’re going to have another Mesut Ozil situation on our hands. An ageing player on massive money, that we can’t get rid of.”

TBR’s View: Aubameyang should be sold

If it’s possible, that is. The issue is, like Bent says, who is buying him?

For one, Arsenal would want a decent fee. Secondly, he’s on enormous wages that most clubs simply won’t want to pay him. A move to the Middle East is probably the only way out really.

But, Arsenal should look to move him on. His form is poor, he’s into his 30s, and overall, it just looks a terrible business move now by the Gunners.