True. Looking at how it all ended it’s quite questionable how much Tuchel really wanted Lukaku and how much was it on the board, scouts etc… Yeah, if he was Tuchel’s wish initially then it’s a massive flop by him.
depends on how the manager use them.
think they are just in the same level
They’re both penalty box strikers but Lukaku is superior outside the box. Offers better dribbling and elements of hold up play.
Same shit will happen again if they sign Auba just watch
This Tuchel system is far too reliant on set pieces and the WB’s to steal the show
PEA will give them 10-15 goals I think. Not a bad return tbf.
It worth remembering that the Tuchel-Auba relationship had its up and downs too. Wouldn’t be shocking to see the fall out again.
Tuchel won’t hold back if Auba starts missing chances. And I’m not sure Auba will take that well if Tuchel starts throwing shots at him like he did with Werner and Lukaku.
Agree to disagree… anyway 
I think Auba is a better poacher and opportunist in the box, and offers more direct and fluid game play.
Lukaku offers better hold up and aerial attack.
Perhaps peak Auba was better at some of those things but he’s no longer that player
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Considering how much Chelsea are spending in this window and that they knew Lukaku wasn’t going to be there this season, why are they scrabbling around for a player like Aubameyang when they’re desperate for a top quality striker?
Surely they’re not going to play Havertz upfront and want Aubameyang as cover.
They did try for Gabriel Jesus but that was more of a last minute dash. Basically trying to do what Barcelona have been doing to them but have failed spectacularly
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I was late pretty much every day the last twenty years of my executive career.
My boss at my last full time job hated it and often shouted at me for it but I didn’t change (I had a long commute and prioritised my sleep). But I put the effort in working late and he put up with it because I made him a great deal of money. He was pragmatic, very experienced and a hugely successful CEO who in turn made a huge amount for himself.
It seems to me that Arteta who was desperate for a goal scoring forward who felt motivated would rather cut off his nose to spite his face rather than show similar pragmatism.
To end up paying for a top forward like Auba to go having presided over a massive pay rise and contract extension when he could’ve still got a big fee for him smacks of bad judgment at best and gross incompetence at worst.
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I’m sorry but time keeping is very important. If one of us kept turning up to work late we would get a word from our manager then if we still do it we get sacked. (sold)
Aubameyang isn’t any different
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I think it depends on the role and whether the person works late and puts in more than their contracted hours anyway.
Auba proved he was a top goal scorer still at Barca. That was his role.
Agree with the last part of your post. I await this dossier of transgressions.
This made me think of Hal from Malcolm in the Middle 
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If you were a high performer that made your company £50m a year I can assure you they’ll let you be late occasionally.
The same if you’re a 20 league goal a season striker.
This only became an issue when he became highly paid and expendable due to playing like shit for a long period of time.
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If they like you and your are performing well then yes they will let it slide probably but the second you fall back they will get you
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I think Arteta once addressed this before in a presser.
I think it was around the time of the Spurs incident in 2021.
He essentially said if the player in question is delivering by scoring 30-35 goals then chapeau, but he has to do that.
I think his point was that the player who essentially breaks the rules doesn’t usually do that.
(I’ll see if I can find it which presser it was from.)
I think it’s fair to say Auba’s form dropping off since he signed the contract has played a part in how Arteta handled the situation.
Arteta probably saw it as:
- this guy ain’t pulling any trees
- he doesn’t believe in what we’re doing
- he gets paid 350k pw
- he is setting a bad example for the rest
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I think that’s right. In my case I always worked at least 7 hours more than my contract every week and often more than 20. But it annoyed my boss so much I would’ve got binned if I wasn’t making him money.
In Aubas case the transformation in form when he went to Barca suggests that he became demotivated under Arteta. That reflects badly on both sides. But giving him that contract extension at that price doesn’t make sense. Suggests bad judgment by Arteta especially if he wanted people who would follow all his disciplinary rules to a high standard and I don’t believe Auba would’ve been a model citizen before signing that deal if he wasn’t after.
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Well exactly, if Auba was actually performing well then I’m sure the club would’ve given a lot less of a fuck.
Lads probably been doing it for years but was pumping 20 goals so you get a bit more leeway. Last 18 months form wasn’t worth dealing with his issues and wages I guess.
I reckon the club sanctioned and pushed that deal just as much, if not more than Arteta.
We’d just been riding high from the FA cup win and didn’t want to lose our highest profile player again like we had many times in the past. Same reason they forked it out for Ozil a couple years earlier.
I don’t doubt Arteta told the club he wanted his top scorer to stay, he’d be mad not to, but I doubt he was involved in the wages that ended up being paid.
The club were stupid on this one, it didn’t make sense even with him being our highest profile player imo. We’d already seen it with Ozil and 3 years at that wage for a striker largely reliant on physical attributes just felt dumb from the off.
I’m sure he’d still get goals now if he goes to Chelsea as well but I don’t think it’s enough with the wages/baggage and overall game play that comes with it.