Arsenal title winner Paul Merson can't see Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang staying with Chelsea this month.

Having only scored three goals in 16 matches across all competitions this campaign, Aubameyang has been dropped in favour of German international Kai Havertz up front, with Graham Potter eager to turn around Chelsea's poor run of form.

"Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was taken off after coming on as a substitute in the first game against Man City and I think he will now be moved on. I think they will cut their ties with him," Merson urged in his column for Sky Sports.

"As soon as you are sub-subbing a 30-something player, I think that is probably the end.

"Maybe you can get away with it with a younger player, but in football it's one of those unwritten rules. It's a don't-do.

"But Potter did it with him at 33 and, for me, I think he's done."