Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has offered a good assessment of Arsenal target Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, a player he took to Borussia Dortmund when in charge of the Bundesliga side.
Arsenal are trying to sign Aubameyang from Klopp's former club Borussia Dortmund this month, and the Ruhr giants are prepared to sell, with the striker's off the pitch antics having not gone down well in the Ruhr.
Aubameyang has been dubbed a rotten apple by former Dortmund star Matthias Sammer, while Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes has said he would never sign a player behaving such as the Gabon international is, in his efforts to push through a move.
But Klopp thinks that there is little wrong with Aubameyang off the pitch, though he admits the coverage the striker receives in the press could give the opposite impression.
"Auba is a really good guy", Klopp told DAZN.
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"Of course, one wonders if this is the case if you look in the newspapers.
"But actually, things are not usually as bad as they seem", the Liverpool manager added.
Dortmund have promised that they will keep hold of Aubameyang if Arsenal do not meet their asking price for the striker, despite how he has angered the club with his conduct.
Arsenal have so far put in two bids for Aubameyang, but seen both turned down as Dortmund stick firmly to their €70m valuation of the former Saint-Etienne man.
