Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang says he’ll “100 percent” stay at Borussia Dortmund beyond the current transfer window, but if his exit is engineered shortly after then, it wouldn’t necessarily be to Real Madrid – the outfit he’s dubbed his “dream club.”

“Yes, yes. That’s true but, you know, there is not only Real Madrid in this world,” he told football daily Bild, with translation from ESPN FC’s Stephan Uersfeld.

Aubameyang’s devastating pace and ferocious strike rate up top for Dortmund have unsurprisingly attracted a legion of admirers, with Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain apparently eyeing the Gabon international, and, after four seasons at the Westfalenstadion, he could be open to offers.

“Nobody can foresee the future,” the 27-year-old said. “I love it at Dortmund, but I can’t say that I’ll stay for two more years, or five or 10. It’s possible that a club could reach an agreement with Dortmund in June and I’ll go.”

The 27-year-old has taken his goal-scoring form to the Africa Cup of Nations, scoring in each of Gabon’s group bouts on home soil so far, after already recording 16 strikes across 15 Bundesliga appearances this term.

Aubameyang responded to reports that Real Madrid’s manager, Zinedine Zidane, is seeking a different kind of player to him at the Santiago Bernabeu by supplementing his claims that he’s not clinging on hopes of moving to the Spanish capital.

“I don’t know if that’s true but, also, I am not interested in it,” he declared. “If Real want me, they will call me one day and, if not, no problem. I live my life and am optimistic about the future.”

He additionally played down any talk of him reuniting with his former Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool and, to the delight of a BVB support that has seen its squad continually gutted by Bayern Munich in recent seasons, a shift to Bavaria is completely out of the question.

“I would never join Bayern,” he said. “That’s for sure. That would be too hard on the Dortmund fans. Whatever they’d offer me, I’d say no.”

As the whole world watches, Chapecoense continues to pick up the pieces and rebuild.

On Saturday, exactly 54 days after a plane crash killed most of Chapecoense’s squad, the Verdao played its first fixture since the tragedy, drawing Palmeiras 2-2 in a friendly at Arena Conda.

Of the 26 players named to Chapecoense’s squad, 22 were new faces, while the four others were footballers from last year’s squad who fortunately didn’t board LaMia Flight 2933. To fill the spots in the Verdao’s first team, footballers were brought in from other clubs and promoted from the youth team.

Before the friendly kicked off, the three players to survive the plane crash took the pitch and, in an emotional scene, lifted the Copa Sudamericana trophy. It was en route to the first leg of the final in Medellin, Colombia that the tragedy unfolded, and Atletico Nacional requested to CONMEBOL that Chapecoense be crowned champion of the tournament. South American football’s governing body obliged.

Neto is miraculously walking without crutches, Alan Ruschel required spine surgery, and Jackson Follman had part of his right leg amputated. The plane crash claimed the lives of 71 people, including 19 members of Chapecoense’s squad and 20 journalists joining the club for what was set to be the biggest match in its 43-year history.

Once the friendly got underway, Palmeiras, joined by a substantial number of travelling supporters, opened the scoring in the 11th minute. However, three minutes later, Chapecoense equalised, as Grolli scored the Verdao’s first goal since the plane crash, giving the club and its fans something to celebrate for the first time since Nov. 28.

Inspired by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Yaya Toure is eager to continue playing top-flight football for a few more years.

Evidence of this was Toure’s reported unwillingness to join the Chinese Super League after allegedly rejecting an offer earlier this month to relocate and earn £430,000 per week.

Instead of following the path so many footballers have taken of late, the Manchester City midfielder hopes to continue making an impact in Europe’s top leagues before considering a future elsewhere.

“I’m still looking young, right?” he jokingly said in an interview with Stuart Brennan of the Manchester Evening News. “I want to play in Europe, especially in England. I want to continue doing that for a few years yet.

“I always say that if I went to China I would end up feeling angry there.”

Toure’s remarks would have been unimaginable to City supporters just two months ago, when his trophy-laden career at the club appeared to be on the verge of ending on a sour note after failing to convince manager Pep Guardiola he was worthy of a place on the team.

Despite a public spat between his agent and Guardiola, Toure was finally included in his first match in November. He has since gone on to play a prominent role at City – including a spot in the starting XI during Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Tottenham – after scoring three goals in 11 Premier League appearances.

Now, the Ivorian is hoping to emulate the success Ibrahimovic – who is one back in the Premier League scoring race with 14 goals – is having down the road with city rivals Manchester United.

“Look at my friend Ibrahimovic. He’s 35 and he’s going to play for maybe … three more years?” Toure said. “He’s got the same mentality as me, he’s a big player, a champion who loves football. It’s football first.

“Anything after that is a bonus, you can be lucky to go and play for big clubs and still earn a lot of money. But those who go to China … I don’t think like that.”

Robert Lewandowski insists there is no bigger club than Bayern Munich, and calls its squad the “perfect” size to win multiple major trophies in one season.

Although the Polish striker recently extended his contract with the German giant until 2021, he was linked with a lucrative move to Real Madrid in May 2016.

To unsettle the nerves of Die Roten fans a little more, Lewandowski’s agent recently claimed he was offered a world-record-breaking salary of more than €40 million per season by an unnamed team in the Chinese Super League.

But it seems the natural-born finisher has heard just about enough from other people speculating about his future.

“Bayern is one of the best teams in the world – on a par with Real Madrid and Barcelona,” Lewandowski told Sport Bild, with translation from ESPN FC’s Mark Lovell. “A move to Barca or Real wouldn’t have been a step up for me.

“Furthermore, I’m very happy in Munich.”

Since joining Bayern from Borussia Dortmund back in the summer of 2014, Lewandowski has proven to be a goal-scoring machine. The 28-year-old helped Die Roten win two consecutive Bundesliga titles in 2015 and 2016, scoring 17 and 30 goals respectively.

He scored a brace for Bayern, including a last-minute strike, to break Freiburg’s heart and secure the 2-1 victory in his club’s first league game back from the winter break.

Lewandowski suggested Bayern’s squad size is a huge advantage when it comes to winning multiple trophies in one season.

“I believe having too big a squad is the wrong way of going about things,” the striker said. “When there’s too many players, you’re always thinking in the back of your mind if you make mistakes you’ll soon be on the bench. Also, it’s also hard to form a good team spirit.

“The number of players is exactly right. It ensures every player is motivated and gives their all in training. Everyone sees a chance of playing in the first XI.

“It’s not as if we have only 14 players. I think the squad size is perfect and can be our biggest trump card when battling for trophies.”