Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has revealed he turned down more money from the Premier League in order to join Borussia Dortmund.
In an interview with L’Équipe, the man with 21 goals in 21 league games this season admitted he twice rejected the bigger wages in order to do what he felt was right for his footballing career.
Now, at 26 and absolutely flying high, it seems Aubameyeng did right playing the long game. He did, however, pass up the opportunity to play under Super Alan Pardew at Newcastle.
The fool.
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“I received an offer from Qatar of €10m per year,” Aubameyang said.
“If I accepted, my family would be set up for life. We chose to stay at Saint-Etienne, where I got €70,000 per month, knowing that, given my qualities, I could earn money tomorrow.
“The following season, Saint-Etienne wanted to send me to Newcastle.
“We opted for Dortmund, finalists in the Champions League, because my father studied Klopp’s game, even though the pay was lower.”
Nice to know that players would choose football and millions of pounds over just millions of pounds.
