Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang says he 'must leave' Dortmund in the summer following the next step

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is making it pretty clear that he wants to leave Borussia Dortmund in the summer. Striker told French radio that his taking the next step in his career that he needs to leave the German club.

"If I want to reach the next level, you must leave in the summer," said the striker. "Real Madrid is still a dream, but there has been so much noise."

Aubameyang has never hid that Real Madrid is his dream club and even admitted his grandfather promising he would one day play for the Merengues, but he soon backed off that somewhat. While acknowledging that he'd like to play for Real Madrid, he said that he did not intend to join the club and will be open to going elsewhere.


Manchester City, Manchester United and Arsenal have all been linked with Aubameyang, to go along with Real Madrid. There have been particularly bad and no club has placed a bid for Aubameyang yet, but appears likely to change in the summer.

Borussia Dortmund have sold their best players before and as Aubameyang is intent on leaving, the odds are they will make a deal happen. It will not come cheap, though, and € 80 million after being tossed out as inventory capacity.

Aubameyang has 20 goals in 22 appearances for BVB this season and found the back of the net 39 times last season, so he's proven he's one of the best goal top scorers in the world. It's a matter of who he'll be scoring those goals for next year.