London — Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang joined Arsenal from Borussia Dortmund for a club record fee of £56m on Wednesday, in the biggest deal so far on transfer deadline day. Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger — who last August kept the football world on tenterhooks as he held out selling Alexis Sanchez to Manchester City because he failed to secure Thomas Lemar from Monaco — did not wait until the last minute to land the Gabon striker. Wenger persuaded his club to pay more for the 28-year-old than the £46.5m it shelled out for Frenchman Alexandre Lacazette last August. Dortmund has eyed a six-month loan move for Belgian international Michy Batshuayi from champion club Chelsea, who has stipulated there will be no option to buy. "Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has joined us from Borussia Dortmund on a long-term contract for a club-record fee," Arsenal said, describing him as "one of the world’s most highly-rated strikers". "He scored 98 goals in 144 Bundesliga games for Dortmund and had a hand in 172 ...
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