Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang hails "little brother" at Barcelona after rediscovering form

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has heaped praise on Barcelona teammate Ousmane Dembele for helping him return to form.

The ex- Arsenal captain swapped the Emirates for the Camp Nou on the final day of the January transfer window after a well-documented fall-out with Gunners boss Mikel Arteta. Now thriving in Catalonia, Aubameyang has put his red-hot form partially down to reuniting with Dembele, who he played alongside at former club Borussia Dortmund.

Aubameyang scored twice in their 3-1 victory over Celta Vigo on Tuesday which was marred by a sickening head injury to Ronald Araujo. The strikes took his LaLiga tally to 11 goals in 15 games and the 32-year-old revealed regarding post-match Dembele, via Goal : "He's my little brother. We have spent a long time together since the first day. When I arrived in Dortmund, I knew him a bit. With time we have built up this relationship which is like a brother."

The mercurial French winger, however, could leave the Blaugrana this summer when his contract expires after costing the club £135.5million. His teammate is desperate for him to stay, though, as Aubameyang added: "I love him a lot and that's why things go so well. I'm happy for him, I don't know if he'll stay or not but I hope with all my heart that he will."

The Gabon international went on to say regarding the midweek win: "I think today [Tuesday] we did things right. The first half was a bit complicated, the second was much better. I think we lost a lot of balls in the first half, we have to improve that, me more than anybody. We will continue working so we don't give the ball away so easily. But we scored three and that’s something very positive."

The match was sadly marred by an incident which saw Araujo rushed to