According to Mundo Deportivo, even though Barcelona know it will be a rather difficult deal to execute, the Catalans would like to swoop for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in January.

But how exactly would that impact the current Arsenal squad and who would be the winners and the losers of this potential deal?

Quickfire Quiz: How much do you know about Arsenal's history in the January transfer window?

Winner: Gabriel Martinelli

At the moment Aubameyang is still very much the key piece of Arsenal's puzzle. Just his incredible goalscoring record can attest to that as the forward has already netted 16 goals in his first 26 games played in the ongoing campaign. But if he were to leave now, it would definitely clear the road for some other youngsters to thrive and take the spotlight for themselves.

Needless to say, Martinelli is among the possible candidates as the 18-year-old prodigy has already managed to register ten goals across all competitions in 2019/20, even scoring against Chelsea in their latest 2-2 draw. With Aubameyang out of his way, he could potentially get a boost in his search for a regular spot in the starting XI under Mikel Arteta, having filled in for the Gabon international during his recent suspension.

He is perhaps too young to be Arsenal's household name but Aubameyang's departure will leave room for a new superstar to emerge in North London.

Loser: The Arsenal captaincy

It very much feels like Arsenal would be negatively impacted as a club if Aubameyang were scooped up by Barcelona. And not just because they would lose a great player who's been extremely important to them, but they would lose their captain as well. Needless to say, the Gunners don't have a good history with the captaincy at the Emirates.

We don't have to look that far back with Granit Xhaka and his outburst at the fans, or the likes of Arteta, Per Mertesacker and Thomas Vermaelen not even starting regularly during their stints with the armband.

Then we also have captains who ended up leaving the club - Cesc Fabregas, Laurent Koscielny and Robin van Persie ditched the Gunners in controversial circumstances. Claims were made about Fabregas wanting to pay to leave while Van Persie made a statement as he joined a direct rival and Koscielny refused to go on the club's pre-season tour in 2019.

Aubameyang could possibly be the next captain in line to disappoint both the club and the fans by leaving them in their hour of need.