It’s happened: David Ornstein has confirmed that Arsenal are close to reaching an agreement with Borussia Dortmund for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and the BBC reporter’s Twitter replies are potentially even more delightful than the news itself.
Arsenal fans refer to the BBC’s David Ornstein as the ‘Ornacle’ because when he reports something, it’s almost always true.
Probably because he only tweets about a rumour if he knows it’s bang-on, which means he has a fairly high success rate which we analysed.
As a result, when Ornstein tweeted that Aubameyang was close to completing his move to Arsenal, Gooners lost it.
BREAKING: Arsenal close to reaching agreement to sign to striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Borussia Dortmund for club-record fee in region of £60m. Transfer won’t be sanctioned until #BVB have replacement lined up – remains unclear if that will be Olivier Giroud or not #AFC
— David Ornstein (@bbcsport_david) January 28, 2018
In fact, the replies to the reporter’s tweet are even better than the news itself.
Although, some are definitely NSFW, so I wouldn’t recommend having a look yourself until you’re not around other human beings.
Here’s what Twitter had to say in reply to Ornstein’s news:
— Olivier (@OlivierKGooner) January 28, 2018
— Olivier (@OlivierKGooner) January 28, 2018
— Olivier (@OlivierKGooner) January 28, 2018
— Dean Van Nguyen (@deanvannguyen) January 28, 2018
ORNSTEINNN HAS SPOKEN OH YESSSS pic.twitter.com/71v3wEiKRb
— TheArseneView (@TheArseneView) January 28, 2018
— Jordan Moloney (@JordanMoloney) January 28, 2018
— ARSENAL MIL GRAU (@ArsenalMilGrau_) January 28, 2018
— Tim O’Sullivan (@OSullivanTim) January 28, 2018
— Tomo (@TomoScouted) January 28, 2018
The Gunners are set to sign the 28-year-old for a club record £60m. All that’s left is for Dortmund to find his replacement before they sanction the deal.
As you can tell, Arsenal fans are ecstatic with the news we could be signing such a prolific striker.
The transfer window shuts on Wednesday night – I’d expect this deal to suddenly speed up now.