Arsenal legend Ian Wright says he is devastated at how things turned out for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at the club.

The Gabon striker has signed for Barcelona in a permanent deal after his falling out with manager Mikel Arteta this season.

Aubameyang was stripped of the captaincy and banished from the squad after several breaches of disciplinary rules.

Wright, one of Arsenal's greatest ever goalscorers, spoke about the issue on his Wrighty's House podcast.

"He's taken a massive cut to go there and he's willing to do that," he said.

"With all the people saying he's just signed a contract and just clocked off, he got offered the same money he's on at Arsenal to go to Saudi Arabia.

"We're talking about somebody who is a very colourful individual and plays football with a smile on his face. When it's not right you can see it's not right for him and it's not about the money.

"Because he's himself, he's very colourful, people can easily get that mixed up. When he came to this country everybody talked about him as this party animal, but he's not like that at all. He's a family man. He's a family man that likes colourful clothes and colourful cars, but scores goals.

"The saddest thing for me was that we don't know what's happened. I'm not really bothered to know what has happened now with him and Mikel. What couldn't be healed in a time where we need goals."