Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has mammoth release clause in Barcelona contract

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Barcelona have slapped a staggering £83.4m price on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's head - after signing him on a free transfer!Arsenal were so desperate to get rid of Aubameyang they agreed to tear up his eye-watering £350,000-a-week contract and let him walk as a free agent.But the Gunners reject has accepted a big wage cut to sign a three-and-a-half year deal with Barca that has an even more eye-watering release clause.Aubameyang, 32, has an option to leave his new club on June 30, 2023 - but only if the buying club pays a fee bigger than anything Arsenal have ever spent on one player.Gunners record signing Nicolas Pepe only cost £72m, while Aubameyang himself cost just £56m when he was still in his prime at 28.Aubameyang sent a heartfelt message to Arsenal fans on his Instagram after his move to Barca was finally confirmed.It read: "Leaving without a real goodbye hurts - but that is football.

I'm sad I did not get the chance to help my teammates in the last few weeks."But I have nothing but respect for this club. Thank you for making London home.

We went through ups and downs together and your support meant everything to me."Arsenal have saved around £25m getting Aubameyang's wages off the books but it's understood they had to pay a small fee to terminate his contract early.He last played for Arsenal in December after being stripped of the captaincy for disciplinary reasons.Barcelona also unveiled loan signing Adama Traore yesterday, revealing they have a £25m option to sign him permanently from Wolves.Traore, who turned down Spurs to return to his former club said: "I have never lost the essence of Barca.