Chelsea have been linked with a summer transfer move for Barcelona striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Chelsea are keen on signing the 33-year-old striker, as the two clubs remain locked in negotiations.

Former Barcelona midfielder Emmanuel Petit has slammed the transfer, claiming that it’s a panic buy.

“Auba looks more a panic buy than something the club have been thinking about for months,” the former Chelsea and Arsenal midfielder told fairbettingsites.co.uk.

“The transfer market is ending in a few days and Chelsea are in a panic.

“They want to buy defenders, strikers, but they just don’t know what they want.”

“I don’t see the real qualities behind it, the projection in the future,” Petit added.

“If you want to spend so much on a player, you need to have a vision, but I don’t see that coming from Chelsea.

“It’s a gamble. He can score goals but he has to be fit physically and be good in his mind.”