Todd Boehly and Thomas Tuchel signed Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Pictures: Getty)
Chelsea have been told to move on from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and sign a ‘better striker’ for next season.
Aubameyang joined Chelsea on last summer’s transfer deadline day and has scored three goals in 10 appearances since his £10m move from Barcelona.
The 33-year-old thrived at Arsenal before his move to the Nou Camp at the start of 2022 but appears to be struggling to find his best form at Stamford Bridge.
As a result, Blues boss Graham Potter has at times dropped Aubameyang, choosing instead to play Kai Havertz as a false nine.
Former Chelsea and Republic of Ireland striker Tony Cascarino expects Aubameyang’s Stamford Bridge career to be short-lived and says Todd Boehly needs to look for a ‘better’ frontman.
‘I’m not even sure Aubameyang is a player Chelsea will be looking at next season,’ he told talkSPORT. ‘I think what will happen is what happened to him at Barcelona.
‘They brought him to the club, got a big signing, then realised quite quickly they need to move away to a better striker.
Aubameyang joined Chelsea from Barcelona last summer (Picture: Getty)
‘I think Chelsea will have to do that as a football club. They’ll come away from Aubameyang by the end of the season and they’ll look for an alternative without a doubt.’
Aubameyang came on for the final 30 minutes of Chelsea’s humbling 4-1 Premier League defeat to Brighton at the weekend.
Cascarino has slammed Chelsea’s performance at the Amex Stadium and says another summer signing – Marc Cucurella – looks ‘lost’ at his new club.
‘Chelsea had mistakes everywhere,’ he added. ‘It’s hard to identify one player or go for a scapegoat. The whole team were well off their pace in the game.
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‘Even players like Cucurella were all over the place, he really was. He looked like he didn’t know where to be.
‘He’s a £60m signing that Chelsea have made. He may have suffered a because Graham Potter brought him off before half-time [against Manchester United] and changed systems with him.
‘He looks like a guy that’s completely lost being at a big club at the moment.’
Results at the weekend have seen Chelsea slip to sixth in the Premier League, three points outside the top-four places.
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‘I think Chelsea will have to do that.’