Borussia Dortmund agreed to let me leave, says star man

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has revealed Borussia Dortmund agreed to let him leave in the summer but a dream move to Real Madrid failed to materialise.

The Gabon international has been heavily linked with a move away from Dortmund in recent seasons after establishing himself as one of the best goalscorers in Europe.

Dortmund have resisted interest in Aubameyang in the past and on the one occasion when they were happy for their striker to leave no concrete offers were forthcoming.

“There was a time in the window when I could have changed [team],” he told Bild, via The Daily Mail. “We [Aubameyang and the Dortmund board] agreed on this together in all openness but nothing happened.

“I have always felt very comfortable in Dortmund, in the team and at BVB, and that is true today, too. BVB is my family!”

Aubameyang has previously admitted Madrid are his dream club and there was a period in the window when Kylian Mbappe choose Paris Saint-Germain and Alvaro Morata left Madrid to join Chelsea were the possibility of a transfer looked encouraging.

However, no offer came from Madrid and the 28-year-old has already dismissed the prospect of ever joining an English side after revealing the Premier League does not interest him.

In the last two campaigns, only two players have scored more goals in Europe’s top five leagues than Aubameyang (39).