I was in Chelsea’s ‘bomb squad’ with £169m worth of exiled stars, we were laughing every day… it was a mess
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PIERRE-EMERICK AUBAMEYANG recalls laughing with the rest of Chelsea's exiled "bomb squad" stars. The forward had been frozen out of the picture by April 2023 and left to train away from the first team. But he was not alone. Hakim Ziyech, Denis Zakaria, Kalidou Koulibaly and Romelu Lukaku all joined Aubameyang with £170million worth of talent on the sidelines.
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But Aubameyang told The Athletic: “They did a mess. It didn’t even look like a football dressing room, it was more like rugby. "Hakim Ziyech, Denis Zakaria, Kalidou Koulibaly, Romelu Lukaku… It was good I wasn’t alone. We were laughing every day, so it was okay.”.
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Aubameyang had signed in September 2022 from Barcelona - where he spent on four months - to reunite with manager Thomas Tuchel. The two had worked together at Borussia Dortmund - winning the German cup together in 2017. But disaster struck when Tuchel was sacked by Chelsea just a week after Aubameyang joined following 1-0 defeat to Dinamo Zagreb.
The player revealed: “I remember that day because I didn’t recognise him. It was not the guy I knew a few years ago. CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS. "We had a close relationship. He was the only guy who really understood me in Dortmund.
"At Chelsea, it was like something was wrong. I felt he was not enjoying his time. “We lost and he was p**sed off. Usually, he would go crazy but he came to the dressing room and then left. "I was like, ‘This is not the guy I know. Very strange’. The next day, he was sacked.”.
