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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to China Rumours Prompt Borussia Dortmund Response
- Updated: January 5, 2017
Borussia Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke has rubbished rumours linking striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang with a €150 million (£127.9 million) bid from Chinese Super League club Shanghai SIPG.
Watzke refused to discuss the reported offer, telling Bild he had no interest in such speculation (h/t Stephan Uersfeld of ESPN FC): “I am not interested in hypothetical things.”
The rumours stemmed from a La Gazzetta dello Sport report (h/t ESPN FC) that indicated Shanghai SIPG had made BVB the huge offer for the 27-year-old, while pledging to pay him €41 million (£35 million) per season in wages.
Per Uersfeld, Dortmund media director Sascha Fligge previously said in a statement that there has been no offer from Shanghai, while Bild reported different figures for the bid—€50 …
