The article also claimed that the Baggies had the chance to bring in the Gabon international on loan but opted against the move. Shortly after being scouted by West Brom in 2011, the striker ended up joining Saint-Etienne on a permanent deal in the 2012 January transfer deal. Since that point, the attacker has had spells at Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal before making a move to Barcelona during the previous January window. According to a report from Football Espana, the former Gunners star took a significant pay cut from the £300k-per-week wages he was on at the Emirates, to complete his move to the Nou Camp, where he is reportedly now earning a weekly wage of just over £96k-per-week. Having been praised for his "phenomenal" form at the north London club by Mikel Arteta, Aubameyang has hit the ground running in Spain by racking up nine goals in 11 appearances across La Liga and the Europa League. Throughout his entire career, the 32-year-old has scored 305 goals in 592 senior and youth club appearances across all competitions in England, Italy, Germany, France and now Spain, winning several trophies in the process. One other award the striker picked up during his time in England was the Golden Boot in the 2018/19 Premier League season, having found the back of the net 22 times. Taking all of this into account, it's seems as though the Baggies made the wrong call in not choosing to sign the Gabon star on loan when they had the chance. Had they done so and Aubameyang managed to impress, there would have been a chance that the club could have secured him on a permanent deal, thus sealing their own goalscoring superstar. However, the club will now have to live with their mistake and move on from the matter rather than reminiscing over what could have been. In other news: Sold at £13m, now worth £49.5m: WBA will have nightmares over 6ft4 "beast of a man"