Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has said that playing in the English Premier League has never been something he wants to do.
Paris Saint-Germain showed concrete interest, but Manchester City were also rumoured to have made an approach for the player late in the transfer window.
“I was never tempted by the Premier League,” he said. “It’s simply a personal opinion.”
“I’m very happy to have stayed at Dortmund because I realise that it’s my family,” he added. “I feel very comfortable there and things have started well this season.”
Big-spending Chinese clubs were also linked, but Aubameyang decided against pursuing such a transfer.
“Of course I thought about it,” he said. “I think that’s normal for me anyway. But it’s still lacking a bit of professionalism unfortunately so for the moment it’s been put to one side.”
He also said that he does not yet have Dortmund’s blessing to exit the club next summer but he also expects that they will not block his move at the end of his fifth year at the club.
“For the moment, no,” Aubameyang said when asked about whether he has permission to quit Dortmund. “We’ll see during the season but I think that of course the door will most likely be open.”
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