Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang fined $10,000 for social media post

Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been fined $10,000, around £4,400, for a social media post while on international duty last month. Aubameyang was quite angry after he and his Gabon teammates were stuck at an airport in Gambia as officials argued over Covid-19 testing. The 31-year-old posted pictures of players sleeping on the airport floor, writing: "Nice job CAF, it's as if we were back in the 1990s." He later added: "This will not demotivate us but people need to know and CAF need to take responsibility. [It is] 2020 and we want Africa to grow but this is not how we will get there." CAF's disciplinary committee labelled the content "offensive and degrading". Gambia's FA were fined $100,000, around £44,000, half of which has been suspended for two years. Gabon's players arrived in Gambia shortly before midnight and were allowed to leave the airport to go to their hotel around five hours later. They lost to Gambia 2-1 later the day, and Aubameyang posted a picture on Instagram and tagged CAF's account alongside a middle finger emoji following the game. "No words needed proud of the Panthers, even if we lost today," he wrote. Source- Mirror Join us on Telegram

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