(FILES) This file photo taken on September 23, 2017 shows Dortmund's Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang reacting during a German First division Bundesliga football match Borussia Dortmund vs Borussia Moenchengladbach in Dortmund, western Germany.
Berlin: Borussia Dortmund want-away star striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is reportedly close to signing for Premier League side Arsenal -- with the German club, in turn, hoping to recruit Michy Batshuayi from Chelsea.
German daily Bild says Dortmund want 70 million euros ($85.6m) for Aubameyang, the top scorer in the Bundesliga last season with 31 goals.
Bild says Aubameyang's father and agent Pierre is in London discussing a possible transfer with Arsenal with the Gunners reportedly considering selling Chile striker Alexis Sanchez to Manchester United.
Bild also claims Dortmund are closely monitoring Belgian forward Batshuayi, who has failed to impress Antonio Conte at Chelsea, starting just two of his 11 Premier League appearances this season.
Aubameyang seems determined to force a move from Bundesliga side Dortmund.
He was dropped for Sunday's goalless draw at home to Wolfsburg after failing to attend a team meeting -- the third time he has been disciplined by the club in the last two seasons.
"I don't know what is going through his head. I don't know him anymore," said Dortmund's clearly exasperated director of sports Michael Zorc.
"He used to be always professional, I have never experienced such behaviour before and it can not go on like this - it's intolerable."
The Gabon hot-shot has scored 21 goals in 23 games in all competitions this season, but Dortmund's head coach Peter Stoeger, who stepped in last December after Peter Bosz was sacked, has said Aubameyang is currently a disruptive influence in the squad.
It remains to be seen whether Stoeger will select Aubameyang for Friday's Bundesliga match away to Hertha Berlin.
"Disappointment is the wrong expression, rather incomprehension because I can not really understand his behaviour, but I'm not the only one," Stoeger told Sports Bild magazine.
The Austrian head coach said he is assuming that Aubameyang, who has a contract until 2021, will stay, but if so, the player has bridges to rebuild with the club.
"'Auba' must make it clear to the coach whether or not he is prepared to give everything for Borussia Dortmund," echoed Dortmund's CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke.
