{"id":21962,"date":"2022-02-03T19:05:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T01:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=21962"},"modified":"2022-02-03T19:05:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T01:05:07","slug":"aubameyang-arrives-at-fc-barcelona-hoping-to-provide-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2022\/02\/03\/aubameyang-arrives-at-fc-barcelona-hoping-to-provide-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Aubameyang arrives at FC Barcelona hoping to provide goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Describing his arrival at the club as a dream from which he never intends to wake up, the Gabonese international discusses his move to FC Barcelona<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang<\/strong>\u00a0appeared ambitious at his first press conference as an FC Barcelona player, saying that \u201cI hope to score a lot of goals and help the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a dream to be at one of the best clubs in the world\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd I never want to wake up from that dream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President\u00a0<strong>Joan Laporta<\/strong>\u00a0added that \u201cthis is a way to love the club and show all the effort and help from Aubameyang, who has come here in a difficult time. It is something to be appreciated.\u201d He was referring not just to \u2018Auba\u2019 himself but also to Bar\u00e7a\u2019s technical secretary, and the player\u2019s family and agent, who did so much to get the player here just in time before closure of the winter transfer window.<\/p>\n<h2>Mentally prepared<\/h2>\n<p>Having met his new team-mates and announced that he\u2019ll be wearing the number 25 shirt, the Gabonese international said that &#8220;I am happy and ready to do everything possible to put Bar\u00e7a back on top. There is the right atmosphere and quality to do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He hasn\u2019t played competitively for some time, but Aubameyang insists that \u201cI am mentally ready because I have clear ideas in my head. I\u2019ll give it my very best from any position on the field \u2026 I have spoken to\u00a0<strong>Xavi<\/strong>\u00a0and he wants me to be centre forward, but if he ever wants me to play on the wings, I\u2019ll do that no problem at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-21962 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPF8519.webp'><img width=\"300\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPF8519.webp?fit=300%2C188\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPF8519.webp?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPF8519.webp?resize=300%2C188 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPF8519.webp?resize=1024%2C640 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPF8519.webp?resize=150%2C94 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPF8519.webp?resize=768%2C480 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AUBA.webp'><img width=\"300\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AUBA.webp?fit=300%2C188\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AUBA.webp?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AUBA.webp?resize=300%2C188 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AUBA.webp?resize=1024%2C640 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AUBA.webp?resize=150%2C94 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AUBA.webp?resize=768%2C480 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The now former\u00a0<strong>Arsenal<\/strong>\u00a0player added that &#8220;I am ready to adapt to the incredible Bar\u00e7a style. I am ready to do that in a very good quality team \u2026 I can\u2019t wait to start.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to set any exact goal targets\u201d he concluded. \u201cI just want to score lots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Describing his arrival at the club as a dream from which he never intends to wake up, the Gabonese international discusses his move&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[24,727,157],"tags":[1644,632,1645,183],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/unnamed-3.jpg?fit=610%2C763","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11825,"url":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2019\/01\/16\/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc-launch-new-mobile-app-developed-by-yinzcam\/","url_meta":{"origin":21962,"position":0},"title":"Wolverhampton Wanderers FC Launch New Mobile App, Developed By YinzCam","author":"DiRT","date":"January 16, 2019","format":"image","excerpt":"Earlier this season, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (also known as Wolves) launched a new mobile app, created in partnership with YinzCam, the mobile app and software developer based in\u00a0Pittsburgh, PA. 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