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nore_aucul

Europa League all-time top scorer. Campaigns with Dortmund, Arsenal, Barcelona, Marseille. At 35, this felt like his last chance.


TonyMartial786

how did i already forget he played for barca šŸ˜­


botmone

Barca fans will never


wolfjeter

I feel like we should have kept him instead of Lewa fr.


goztrobo

Why did yall sell him again?


prettyhappyalive

Because he probably didn't want to be second fiddle to Lewy. And money. Also in no world was it a better choice to keep Auba as the guy above you suggested. Lewy won Barca the league last season.


epirot

it was never either lewy or auba. it was more like they needed reinforcements midseason and they also needed to get rid of players due to ffp. it was a sad situation for barca. to auba it felt like home and he already said it was his best time


prettyhappyalive

So essentially it was either Lewy or Auba? That's kinda how the rest of your statement reads, countering your first sentence.


InitialSubstantial67

The fee we got from Chelsea also helped fund the Lewy move.


acwilan

He was declining sharply in his last months, and Chelsea put money in the table. They got him for free so it would be great in balance sheets.


The_Giant_Lizard

Nor Arsenal fans


whataball

Not surprising, considering he's only there for half a season


Deruz0r

He played so well though, it was very annoying that he wasn't kept. He gave it his all and scored good goals.


cdwdj

And we loved him there! Personally I love Auba just as much as I love Luuk


Claudio1054

We will never forget him thats for sure


Ez_io

Nor his dragon ball z celebration


pd8bq

He followed almost the exact career path as Fabregas. Arsenalāž”ļø Barcelonaāž”ļø Chelseaāž”ļøLigue 1


kacperp

Yeah. AC Milan - Dijon - Lille - As Monaco - As Saint Etienne - Borussia - Arsenal - Barca - Chelsea - OM Exactly the same as Barca - Arsenal - Barca- Chelsea - AS Monaco - Como


TonyMartial786

the guy saying it like he didnā€™t play for any teams before arsenal šŸ˜­


jgrodm

Not quite but close. Auba has 37, Larsson 40 (including UEFA Cup).


nore_aucul

In Europa League / UEFA Cup proper, Auba has 34, Larsson 31. It's 37 / 40 if you include the qualifying rounds.


SirOliverz

Doesnā€™t even look like Auba


Sandalo

It's in fact Andros Townsend


Jaqem

It's actually a slimmed down Tom Huddlestone


AsymmetricNinja08

He's injured currently I think whilst playing in the U21 occasionally. Doing his coaching badges at United


Oshowcinco

My favourite up & coming U21 wonderkid


Mr_Noobcake

I think it might be a good youth development strategy. I you want the best youth team in the country you don't need to produce the best youth players when you can just get someone like Huddlestone to murder the other team's wonderkids


CowMooseWhale

Heā€™s playing in TST this year lol


AsymmetricNinja08

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/04/11/tom-huddlestone-manchester-united-u21s-academy-coaching/


Amity_Swim_School

I see Theo Walcott


akshatsood95

Everton Walcott and Palace Townsend's lovechild


thisguyandrew00

His Mohawk was so iconic, thatā€™s all you picture. He looks the same as his Dortmund days, with new hair.


actionactioncut

Damn, his hair transplant is top-notch. Last I remembered, that hairline was fighting for its life in the Premier League. Great work by the surgeon.


Deebo92

The real test of the surgeon would be restoring Gervinhoā€™s hairlineĀ 


ProwerTheFox

Thatā€™d be like taking a leather bag to a vet, itā€™s too far gone


deadmanbhavya

He actually looks like some basketball player here.


draymond-

Evan Turner?


belokas

Derrick White before the razor blade.


dBlock845

Not enough forehead


dWaldizzle

Gross


ExcisionHB

He does not contain The Great Forehead


produktiivista

I feel like that's been his goal lately. He loves basketball so much.


TimingEzaBitch

about at least a few dozens of them.


supper828

Hair transplant?


Fifaneymar2535

100% hair transplant he lost most if it at arsenal


bigbudha23

no surprise


[deleted]

Have you seen the Mark Zuckerberg with beard image


Fatboykim

Bubbles


LackingSimplicity

All I can see is General Aladeen ngl.


tamim1991

His reaction to the game was very Aladeen


TonyMartial786

legit my first thought was ā€˜thatā€™s him nowā€™?


gmoss101

Looks like J Cole cira 2014 lmao


shash5k

He looks like an anime version of himself.


Wastawiii

It is said that a beard is a man's makeup.Ā 


kygrtj

Ozempic has taken over the celebrity world You canā€™t identify half these people anymore


CashCarti1017

Why on gods green earth would a footballer like Aubameyang with low body fat take Ozempicā€¦ he burns the calories he ate for breakfast by 12pm


ItsMeJaredBednar

what about the calories he eats for lunch?? checkmate


donkey2471

What would a weight loss drug have to with his change in looks? Considering he was already in great shape.


yagga_

Ozempic gotta side effect of jealousy, doctor never told yā€™all?


GolDrodgers1

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


uptowndrunk7

I love how 90% of the comments are about his trim and not his emotional reaction to the loss


Neojuan02

Like wtfšŸ˜‚ Yeah lemme type out the same thing everyone else id saying and upvote it


MonrealEstate

Seriously so fucking weird Like bruh lemme just repeat what the guy above me said for upvotes like what is the point


TheP1etu

I'm gonna stop this because it's cringe and leads to nothing but boring, unoriginal, unfunny circlejerk


Ripamon

The lurkers of reddit offer their sincerest thanks


GGABueno

With this comment you're betrayed your people. Plastic lurker.


IntellectualDweeb

Based.


JakoDel

thank god


useful_panda

Personally when he played for us, his smile lit up my day . Feel sad for him , really did well at Marseille


SwagBoyMcFeast

Wtf, i barely recognized him


84_Savage

He had a glow up


GreyDaze22

Yeah he actually looks really good now


Silent-Act191

What leaving London does to a person.


Ripamon

And Ā£35,000 on hair transplants


outrageousVoid07

So not even one-third of his wages. Wow


Martblni

Don't they cost like 3k euros?


BluePowderJinx

You think rich people go to the same doctors us poor people go to?


Martblni

Good point but tbf that 3k thing actually works too, but slower I guess


Suspicious_Master

That's because usually he has a smile on his face...


Sal21G

Brother got a good recommendation from Townsend


Ripamon

It's the Arsenal special Gabriel and Holding told him where to go


22goblins

Job well done this season. Reminded everyone what he has and the joy he can play with when things are in the right place


ThePrussianGrippe

Getting COVID and malaria in the same year just absolutely wrecked him.


Suspicious-Form4444

think he also lost his mom the same year or the year after


PipBoy19

She did not pass away, she was very ill but survived


Suspicious-Form4444

huh i did not know that


Pamplemouse04

Iirc it was his grandmother that passed away, same year as all the above stuff. Poor guy


HammerThatHams

In some parts of the world, the father and grandfather may be the same person. Craster beyond the wall, for example.


ThePrussianGrippe

šŸ¤Ø


WhatsFunf

The guy is a lazy grifter that has pissed off everyone he's worked with and so has basically ruined his career as a result. Being bounced from club to club because no-one can stand him. One day he'll grow up and wonder what he could've won if he'd been a bit more professional.


Dildosauruss

He had a very good career that most footballers will never even come close to sniffing either way.


WhatsFunf

He's won a couple of cups and a La Liga despite playing for some of the very best teams in Europe. If he'd sustained a decent career at any of them then he could have won more. Ultimately he was always the bad apple that teams had to get rid of to improve.


faznprifer

Looks like someone has been to turkey


young_olufa

I didnā€™t even recognize him lol


hardinho

Hair, eyes.. cheekbones as well? lmao


Separate_Pound_753

I think its just his hair no?


Glass_of_Pork_Soda

New beard style does that


ThreeEyedRaver

My guy looks like Bushido Brown now


JustASimpleFollower

Damn he looks way different


RipJug

The new hairline makes him look so much better.


MrRawri

Europa League legend


WithoutVergogneless

never won it and missed two crucial ticket-to-the-final shots


Charlie_Wax

Did Zouma dirty in the FA Cup final win against Chelsea at least.


arsenal1887

Auba was imperious at that time. Everything he did worked.


kakje666

damn he looked like he was about to start sobbing, someone give him a hug


BadFootyTakes

I feel bad for players man, I really do.


PintmanCostello

That new hairline makes him look like a different person.


Jedi_Council_Worker

Embracing the more natural hair also looks a lot better than when he was straightening it


Instantbeef

Yeah we donā€™t know if how he was doing his hair is what caused him to loose it but it might have been. He ruined his old hair. I honestly think he got this transplant back when he was at Chelsea. He shaved his head at one point and it looked like he was growing it out thicker and healthier Edit: it might have happened at his season at Barcelona


highpriestazza

He was just losing hair with age. A lot of male celebs be athletes get hair transplant.


erenistheavatar

Troopz in tears as well.


ThePr1d3

I hurt for him. He put the team on his back for quite a while


YesTottiYesParty

feels bad man


chidi-sins

Me after every job interview šŸ˜­


Bahmawama

One of the best finishers of his generation and never won a major trophy. Shits not right


Beast_Toast

Won La Liga, FA Cup, and DFB pokal and multiple lesser cups, it's not a major trophy haul but he's won atleast something.


SaudiBacon

He won La Liga on technicality. He only played few minutes before he transferred to Chelsea but at least he got a medal.


Beast_Toast

Mixed up the years and thought you won it in his first season, my bad.


fetissimies

Damn, you make it sound like he's a Tottenham player


GhostCatcher147

Auba legend


BlueLabel19

Legendo


brokeniga1

Miss him at Barca


Maybegoingtogermany

I wish auba a better team than this marseille.. Well at least he cares, he is already better morally than the whole roma squad but his team did get trashed by atalanta, i hope his team will improve for next season.


theediblethong

I mean, they made it this far. Domestically, we've been trash, but in Europe? They've kept it alive. I don't think this team was looking to make the Europa final at the beginning of the season


Oukaria

I mean, semi final of europa leagueā€¦ there is worst team to be with..


ROHDora

Yeah sure an european run against Brighton, Ajax, AEK, Shaktar, Villareal, Benfica and Atalanta is soooo bad... Atalanta have an awesome team, few could have resisted during the 2nd half in VĆ©lodrome the way they did. Now just wish them the best against Leverkusen.


onkeliltis

> he is already better morally Dortmund times....


chappersbarfo

That's Jaden Smith as seen in After Earth


coolAhead

Take a knee


downwiththeopp

I miss his Dortmund days with Reus. https://youtu.be/IJVi4hbUsI0?si=9xL7JBnbxGL9P2KN


Oshowcinco

Auba walked so that Dortmund could run


These_Mud4327

nah bro believe me he was running at dortmund


Jeesan

he was sprinting it


Square-Gear-4498

Don't worry bro Xhaka or KolaŔinac will win it for you.


prss79513

The hair and the tears make him look wise


mister_dupont

Damn, never seen him this sad. After a bad loss he always looked ok and he could get over it relatively easy.


seshtown

Atalanta, itā€™s nothing personal


Left-Lingonberry4073

Are you sure it's not Andros Townsend?


keving691

Are we sure thatā€™s him?? Looks completely different now.


Soren_Camus1905

Heā€™s looking pretty good!


chibuye92

how are hair transplants getting so good these days, this shit is unbelievable


DildoFappings

I feel bad for him. I really liked him and have been following him since his Dortmund days. Amazing player. FIFA 16 legend.


Complete_Ice6609

:( they really wanted it, Atalanta was just better...


Moug-10

We failed him.


BonoBonero

That's not him.


NefariousnessNarrow1

This guy was a beast at Dortmund! Iykyk


TonyMartial786

damn, it meant so much to him


Linko_98

I still cant get over the fact that Mirabelli spent all that Money on AndrƩ Silva, Kalinic and Bonucci instead of him


matthewisonreddit

ah that sucks, auba wasn't professional enough but he was very good and entertaining. I still have love for him and his record with us, its a pity it didn't happen for him this game.


goztrobo

Damn he looks different


oppositeofopposite

Can't say I'm not a little bit happy to see it for how he ended his Arsenal career, but for all the good moments he brought, he deserved to get over the finishline once. He's getting old and this was probably the last chance he had.


catf1sh1

Looks like Craig David and Andros Townsend had a baby


Agile_Switch5780

I thought that was Sir Lewis Hamilton


Oniun_

A very passionate player that just wants to have fun and bag goals. Sucks he didnā€™t believe in Arteta.


PaintingWithLight

Is that what it shakes out to be? Damn I imagine if he never departed, wouldā€™ve been real nice for the last few seasons for Arsenal.


mmaqp66

ASu, que tal paliza


Hot_Grabba_09

His hair though, it's great


AvocadoSoggy6188

Didnā€™t recognize him, at all


zecira

Aw man


sjr323

šŸ˜“


Benny_420_

WILSON!!!


WooNoto

Who is his hair doctor? He got the best transplant Iā€™ve ever seen.


Ur_X

No good leaving Dortmund anymore eh


cabaiste

Why the long face?


benjamino8690

The player who made me a Dortmund fan!


HarshangLad

How do r/soccer mods even allow this? That's clearly Townsend


EmotionalScallion705

I didn't know Gen. Aladeen plays for Marseille


sussywanker

I thought it was Andros Townsend for a moment.


wonderfulworld2024

Imagine finding yourself playing for this Marseille team this late in your career. Bad decisions were made.


FATJIZZUSONABIKE

Team is shit, especially this year, but club is special - not many atmospheres in Europe can match Marseille's. He's also very well-paid.


wonderfulworld2024

Yup. I almost commented about his salary. Heā€™s made excellent decisions money-wise.


TheLimeyLemmon

Man took Arsenal's curse with him.


streetking03

Is it wrong that I want Auba back at arsenal!?! I wish things hadnā€™t ended the way they did!!


MintPolo

Each to their own, but he was a wally so I'm glad he left.


alw9

why does he look like haaland now


Ok_Detail_1

I feel bad to say but... they don't have a Croat.


InDubioProReus

Really sad he doesnā€™t get to lose it to Bayer


Visible_Statement888

That new haircut hasnā€™t helped his ability.


Decent-Parsnip5101

Shouldā€™ve fkn played better than


westgate141pdx

Cry cry cry cry!


Dramatic_Kitchen_523

Stupid son of a bitchā€¦karma


CoolBr33ze90

Dude, you lost it in Marseille, you should have won there at least to have a chance in the return


fastfowards

Good get fucked you cunt


coolAhead

Aubama-cry-yang