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Lee Wilmot

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's transfer value as Arsenal prepare for Barcelona and Inter offers

What does the future hold for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang?

He is undoubtedly Arsenal's talisman - the captain following the controversy around Granit Xhaka and being stripped of the armband, and the one who comes up with the goals to save the club when they need him most.

The Gabonese striker has netted 13 goals this season - half of the Gunners' Premier League total and his strikes have earned Arsenal a whopping 14 points throughout the season so far.

Arsenal would be loathe to lose such an important player in the January transfer window, or the summer for that matter, but there are murmurings of discontent.

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Aubameyang will be 31 come the end of the season and he has Champions League pedigree and ambitions, with it looking unlikely that Arsenal will qualify again this year.

His contract at the Emirates expires at the end of the 2020/21 season and there has been no breakthrough in talks over a new deal.

And, according to journalist Ian McGarry , Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's representatives have made it very clear to Arsenal that their client wants to leave the club in January.

Barcelona are reported to be interested in signing him, while Inter Milan have also emerged as contenders for his signature.

But how much will they have to pay to prise him away from the Emirates?

He is one of the Gunners' most prized assets but with just 18 months left on his contract, his price tag will drop, with clubs able to snare him on a cut-price deal.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang takes a shot (Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

But any interested parties will have to pay at least £59million for him, at least that's according to transfer experts CIES.

Since 2013, the CIES Football Observatory have developed a powerful econometric approach to estimate the transfer value of professional footballers on a scientific basis

Their algorithm takes into account players' most recent seasons along with other factors, such as age and remaining contract.

And according to their research, Aubameyang is considered to still be pretty valuable, with his price coming in at between £59million and £76million.

That would be more than Arsenal paid when they signed him from Borussia Dortmund in January 2018.

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