Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang omitted from Gabon squad due to 'heart problem

 

Pierre-Emerick aubameyang omitted from 

gabon squad due to heart problems 

arsenal striker pierre-emerick 

aubameyang was left out of gabon's squad 

to face ghana at the africa cup of 

nations on friday after scans revealed a 

heart problem aubameyang had tested 

positive for kovitt 19 prior to the 

start of the tournament and so had to 

undergo routine checks before returning 

to action nice midfielder mario lemina and tanger 

forward axel may also return positive 

tests recently and similarly underwent 

tests carried out by the confederation 

of african football cafe but the trio have been sidelined as the results concluded it would be unsafe for them to return to action the gabon football 

federation said in a statement according 

to the caf medical commission the 

players pierre-emerick aubameyang axel 

may and mario lamina barely out of the 

covid cannot take part in this match the 

examinations would show heart problems 

cafe did not want to take any risks 

gabon kicked off their afghan campaign 

on monday with a narrow 1-0 win over 

kamoros with aaron salem bupenza grabbing the game's only goal aubameyang was last in competitive action at the 

end of arsenal's 2-1 loss to everton at 

the start of december making a 

five-minute cameo from the bench mike 

lartetta then stripped the gabon striker

of the captain's armband and dropped him 

from the first team squad due to a 

disciplinary breach since being omitted 

from the arsenal squad aubameyang's 

former strike partner alexandre 

lacazette is captained the gunners and re-emerged as a fan favorite favorite