‘You construct the group round him’ – Jean-Louis Gasset praises in-form Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang TERMAN WEBSITE

Olympique de Marseille interim supervisor Jean-Louis Gasset has heaped reward on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (34), who after a sluggish begin to the season, has hit prime kind in 2024. 

Questions had been being requested of Aubameyang earlier this season. He scored only one objective in his opening 12 video games in Ligue 1. Nevertheless, first below Gennaro Gattuso and now below Gasset, the Gabonese ahead has hit prime kind. He has eight objectives in his final seven video games in all competitions and 23 in 37 video games in all competitions this season. He’s the primary participant to attain 23 objectives in a debut season at Marseille since Didier Drogba within the 2003/04 season. 

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for Marseille this season:

👕 37 video games
⚽️ 23 objectives
🅰️ 8 assists

Quietly having top-of-the-line seasons of his profession at 34-years-old 💪 pic.twitter.com/UFXJ4UB6aM

— CBS Sports activities Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) March 10, 2024

His brace towards FC Nantes on Sunday, his seventh of the season, sees OM rise to seventh in Ligue 1 and to inside simply three factors of fifth-placed RC Lens. Talking post-match, Gasset revealed that he sought recommendation from his former managers as a way to know greatest utilise the previous Arsenal, Chelsea, Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund ahead. 

“He’s THE goalscorer, THE participant of the group. There’s one in each group, in each group on this planet there’s a participant that makes the distinction. We’ve got to guard him and put him in the suitable locations to permit him to maintain his power to make the distinction. I knew him; I spoke with associates who had coached him. I knew the place he preferred to play, and the positions that he preferred to maneuver into. He’s the participant and also you then construct the group round him,” Gasset informed Prime Video Sport.

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