Life could have been very different for the Gabon international had he made the decision to give it all up in his teenage years
Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has revealed that he was close to quitting football when he was growing up.
Now earning his living as one of European football’s top strikers, his story could have been extremely different.
Speaking to the club's official website, the Gunners star admitted that he fell out of love with the game as a youngster but revealed that, with his father's support, he soon got back on track.
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"Back then [when he was a child growing up], we were moving around quite a lot, and I played youth football for Nice, Laval, and Rouen.