Chelsea striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been told he may end up regretting comments he made about Arsenal ahead of this Sunday's clash.
Former Aston Villa skipper Gabriel Agbonlahor has questioned why the forward has seemed to show a lack of respect for his old club.
Aubameyang is set to face Arsenal for the first time since his well-publicised departure in January. The 33-year-old fell out with manager Mikel Arteta after several disciplinary breaches and he left for Barcelona.
Seven months later he was back in the Premier League, this time signing for Chelsea. Aubameyang appears on BT Sport's advert ahead of this Sunday's match between the Blues and the Gunners at Stamford Bridge.
He had a warning message for Arsenal. Aubameyang said on the advert: "Arsenal, nothing personal. I'm back, I'm blue, I'm ready."
Aubameyang scored 92 goals in a four-year spell at Arsenal and helped them win the FA Cup in 2020. And Agbonlahor cannot understand why he has said what he has.
He said on talkSPORT: "I was a bit baffled when I saw it. I am surprised.
"I feel BT Sport would have been buzzing with getting him to say those words because it adds more spice to the game, more viewers of course. But very strange, I don't think you need to do that.
"I can imagine the media officer at Chelsea asked 'do you want to do this?' and he's probably said 'yeah'. I'd have never done it, no.
"Because these things seem to work against you. It wouldn't surprise me now if he came on and missed a sitter and Arsenal go and win, and you think why did you have to do that?
"The respect he should have for Arsenal, yes he fell out with Arteta but the fans loved Aubameyang. So I think it's a silly thing to do and he could regret that."
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Agbonlahor believes Arteta will use Aubameyang's message as motivation for his players. He added: “Arteta is probably saying to his defenders, Gabriel and William Saliba, 'Watch that, he said he's back and he's going to have a good game against you, so forget about being friends with him, you stop him'.
“'If you have to kick him, kick him – do what you have to do to stop Aubameyang'.”
Rangers legend Ally McCoist does not think Graham Potter or other Chelsea players will be pleased with Aubameyang's message. He said: “No and being honest with you, if I'm his manager, his coach or his team-mates, I'm not happy with it either.
“You know what it's like, going into big games you just want to go under the radar a little bit.”