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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's Arsenal exit poses more questions than one.

The 32-year-old agreed to a mutual termination of his contract that still had around 18 months left to run at the Emirates Stadium earlier in the week and subsequently joined Barcelona on a free transfer.

As a result, not only does Gunners manager Mikel Arteta still need to appoint a permanent captain having stripped Aubameyang of the armband at the beginning of December, but he must also unearth a reliable goalscorer.

Whilst the Gabon international wasn't having his best season in terms of goals prior to leaving Arsenal, his record after joining from Borussia Dortmund in January 2018 was rather impressive.

As pointed out by Opta, since the move his 68 Premier League goals have been worth more points (53) than any other player's across the entire division. This is more than the likes of Mohamed Salah, Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy.

Of Aubameyang's 92 goals for Arsenal across all competitions, ten of which were penalties as prior to being exiled from the first-team squad he was the go-to penalty taker when the side awarded a spot-kick.

However, with two missed penalties this season - the last coming against Watford in November - Aubameyang's record from the spot had begun to look less and less impressive.

In total, he failed to convert five penalties in Arsenal colours and he won't be getting the chance to improve on that record.

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