Former Arsenal and Chelsea striker added to Saudi side's list of transfer targets
He is not the only former Premier League frontman in the club's sights.
Saudi Pro League club Al-Shabab want to sign former Arsenal and Chelsea striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang this summer.
Southampton forward Che Adams and Benfica’s Rafa Silva are also on Al-Shabab’s growing wish-list.
Daily Briefing columnist Ben Jacobs broke the news in an exclusive update via X.com late on Wednesday night.
He wrote: “Al-Shabab have added Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Che Adams to their list of targets, alongside Rafa Silva.
“Al-Shabab have been one of the most active Saudi clubs so far this summer and are now hoping to bring in at least two big names in the coming weeks.
“Aubameyang is a long-standing Saudi target.
“Adams pursued by Wolves and Nottingham Forest, but Shabab hoping to persuade him to move to Saudi instead.
“Shabab have been working on Silva since early May, as revealed last month.”
Adams and Silva will both be out of contract at the end of this month and are therefore available as free transfers.
However, Aubameyang is under contract with Marseille for another two years.
Aubameyang, 34, joined Marseille from Chelsea 12 months ago.
After scoring just three goals in a disappointing 21-game stint at Stamford Bridge, Aubameyang netted 30 times in 51 appearances for Marseille last season.
That was his most productive campaign since he hit 31 goals for Arsenal in the 2018/19 season.
Ninety-two of Aubameyang’s 334 club goals to date came during his four years with the Gunners.
He featured in 163 first-team matches for the Emirates Stadium outfit and played a key role in Arsenal’s FA Cup triumph in 2020, bagging a brace in a 2-1 win over Chelsea in the final.
Aubameyang has also played and scored for Barcelona (13 goals), Borussia Dortmund (141 goals), Saint-Etienne (41 goals), Monaco (two goals), Lille (two goals) and Dijon (10 goals) during a well-travelled career.
Al-Shabab finished eighth in the latest edition of the Saudi Pro League.
Their 2023/24 squad included Yannick Carrasco and Ivan Rakitic.
