Arteta questioned over Aubameyang decision as Arsenal struggle for goals

The manager and club's former striker had a falling out in December 2021, which saw the player frozen out of the first-team before he left to join the Catalonian side.

Initially, the decision to let the Gabon captain leave appeared to be a right one, as Arsenal were winning games and producing good performances without him.

But that has not been the case of late, as the Gunners are now struggling for form and results.

In the last three Premier League games, Arteta's side have failed to pick up a single point, and have slid down the table from fourth to sixth.

The biggest reason for this is the lack of goals, with Arsenal having only found the net once in those three games - a deflected effort against Brighton.

And to highlight how much they've struggled in front of goal, on loan midfielder, Lucas Torreira, who operates as a defensive midfielder, has scored more goals in his last three games for Fiorentina - two.

It's a worrying situation for the Gunners, but not one that they cannot overturn, as they still have seven games left in the league.

With that said, unless Arsenal can start to score goals with regularity again, they will undoubtedly struggle to finish fourth.

And speaking on talkSPORT's GameDay - Your Verdict, Gabby Agbonlahor said that he believes Gunners boss Arteta will rue letting Aubameyang depart.

"They've let Aubameyang go for free, and he's out there at Barcelona scoring goals," the former Aston Villa striker said.

"So if Arsenal don't get top four, for me, the problem is that Arteta made a mistake letting him go.

"Yes they had a falling out, but you've let a goal scorer go, free of charge, to Barcelona.

"And you can't score, Smith Rowe is still a young player, Martinelli's still young, Saka's still young, they're going to have stages where they're not bang at it.

"And Arsenal's bench, players like Pepe, are not good enough to come in and help the young lads.

"So for me Arsenal are going to regret letting Aubameyang go and not replacing him.

"I don't want to hear that their keeper [Southampton's Fraser Forster, who made six saves as his side won 1-0] was outstanding and 'we should have scored'. Put the ball in the back of the net.

"You sold Aubameyang for nothing and let him go, and he would have scored a chance [in that game]."