Aubameyang shrugs off leaked video of him criticizing Arteta

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang says that the "bad feelings" he harbored toward Arsenal and manager Mikel Arteta are a thing of the past after a video emerged online that shows the Chelsea star criticizing his former coach.

In the video, Aubameyang is sitting in a room talking with two other men after he departed Arsenal to join Barcelona in February. He says: "Big characters and big players ... he can't deal with it. He needs some young players who don't say anything."

Aubameyang left Arsenal after a falling-out with Arteta over a series of disciplinary issues. He was stripped of the captaincy in the fall of 2021 before Arsenal terminated the Gabon forward's contract.

After spending the second half of the 2021-22 campaign at Barcelona, Aubameyang joined Chelsea last summer. He has two goals in four appearances for the Blues.

Aubameyang will have a chance to face his former Arsenal teammates when Chelsea host the Gunners on Nov. 6.