Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to Arsenal: Latest transfer updates and reaction from club-record deal

Follow live updates as the transfer unfolds throughout the day

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has finally joined Arsenal (Getty)

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang completed his £56m move to Arsenal today, following Henrikh Mkhitaryan through the doors at the Emirates.

Arsenal had been in negotiations with Dortmund over the signing of Aubameyang for a number of weeks but a breakthrough was finally made over the weekend, with the north Londoners eventually raising their offer to £56m, having initially put forward a £40m bid,

Follow live updates below as the transfer unfolds throughout the day:

[31 January 2018 12:32 · digitalsport]

The news gets even better as David Ornstein has confirmed that Mesut Ozil has signed a contract extension with the club.

The deal makes Ozil the highest ever paid player at the club, where he will be payed £350,000 per week.

It will also mean that he will remain at the club until 2021 which by that time he will be 32.

[31 January 2018 12:40 · Samuel Lovett]

The latest on Mesut Ozil's new Arsenal contract from Football Correspondent Jack Pitt-Brooke...

Mesut Ozil is close to signing a lucrative new contract at Arsenal, which would make the Germany international the highest paid player in the league.

As first reported by the BBC, Ozil has agreed to extend his stay at the Emirates by committing to a new three-and-a-half-year deal worth a reported £350,000 per week. Arsenal have denied that the deal has been signed yet but an agreement is understood to be close.

If Ozil signs the new deal that would represent the biggest success of the transfer window for Arsenal. They have already signed Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Manchester United and Pierre Emerick Aubameyang from Borussia Dortmund but were facing the prospect of losing Ozil, who had just six months left on the contract he signed when he joined Arsenal from Real Madrid in 2013.

He would have been a free agent in the summer, and Manchester United were interested in signing him for free, but Arsene Wenger has grown in confidence after recent negotiations with Ozil’s representatives.

Now Arsenal have offered him far more than they have paid any player in the club’s history, more than doubling his current salary of £150,000 per week, and Ozil has decided to continue his time at the Emirates. He will now be under contract until the end of the 2020-21 season.

[31 January 2018 13:00 · digitalsport]

England cricketer Moeen Ali has offered his thoughts on the signing of Aubameyang. He says that they have got themselves a good deal, although it does turn out that he is a Liverpool fan.  

[31 January 2018 13:30 · digitalsport]

Following Aubameyang leaving the club, Borussia Dortmund released a video of some of his highlights.

Here is what Arsenal fans can enjoy when he dons their red and white kit.

[31 January 2018 14:00 · digitalsport]

Can't wait to see Aubameyang play for Arsenal?

Here are some pictures of the new signing in the Arsenal kit to whet your appetite before his debut.

[31 January 2018 14:30 · digitalsport]

Read all the latest information about the news that Mesut Ozil will sign a new contact deal, from Jack Pitt-Brooke and Miguel Delaney below:

[31 January 2018 15:00 · digitalsport]

  ↵With the signing of Aubameyang you can see his first interview with his new club below.

Asked about signing for Arsenal, he said: "I think the club has such a big history and great players like Thierry Henry. 

"He's an example for us strikers. I’m really happy, like I said before."

[31 January 2018 15:39 · digitalsport]

After the signing of Aubameyang, he has spoken about joining his new club.

He has said about how he has the chance to emulate Thierry Henry: “He [Henry] was fast and he scored a lot of goals, it’s really an example [for me].”

Read what else he had to say below:

[31 January 2018 16:12 · digitalsport]

Despite the reports on social media, there has been no official announcement that Olivier Giroud has switched from Arsenal to Chelsea.

The wait for Chelsea's potential back-up striker continues.

[31 January 2018 16:45 · digitalsport]

After the signing of the Gabon international, football correspondent Jack Pitt-Brook analyses Arsenal's new potential starting line-up.

Read the article below: