Emmanuel Adebayor has hit out at his former club Arsenal for their treatment of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in recent weeks.
Aubameyang, who has less than 18 months remaining on his contract at the Emirates Stadium, was stripped of his captaincy at the Gunners after a disciplinary issue.
Since the decision to take the armband from the 32-year-old, he has been frozen out of the first-team picture by Mikel Arteta.
football.london understands that Aubameyang is no longer considered a part of the senior setup at Arsenal, and the north London club are willing to offload him before next Monday's transfer deadline.
The Gabon international was subject of an offer from Saudi-based outfit Al Nassr, but it is understood that he would rather stay in Europe to play his football.
Now, former Arsenal striker Adebayor, who did not enjoy the most civil of exits from the north Londoners when he moved to Premier League rivals Manchester City in 2009, has stuck up for Aubameyang and claimed that the Gunners "do not know how to forgive".
"This isn't the first problem that's happened with Arsenal. I know he's definitely going to go through a lot because that's Arsenal for you, you can do whatever you do, they never knew how to forgive," the former Gunners striker told Sky Sports.
"He's a strong player, he's a good player, he's a fantastic player and I've sent him a message already. We just want him to bounce back because he's an African brother and we want to see him representing Africa like he was before the problem."
He was then asked if there was any way back for Aubameyang at the Emirates Stadium and Adebayor replied: "At Arsenal? I don't think so. It happened to me, also, not in the same way, but I would be surprised. He's a great player, so let's see how it ends up."
What has Arteta said on Aubameyang?
Arteta has been accused of acting as a "dictator" with how he has handled the situation with Aubameyang, but the Arsenal boss strongly denied these claims when asked about it last month.
He said: "I don't establish my authority by being dictatorial or being ruthless. I just ask for one thing: respect and commitment.
"At this level, if I do not get that I pack my bags and go somewhere else because that is the minimum I can ask for. I am sorry but I am going to expect that from everybody who works for the club. First of all, myself, and the day I don't do that, I will walk through that door an do something else. It is as clear as that.
"To be successful you have to be passionate about something and you want to represent a club of this size with its history, that is the minimum standard you have to bring.
"I am not going to ask anybody to put the ball into the top corner every time they hit it, but I will ask them to do the right things every single day for this club. That is for sure."
