Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Toni Kroos continue war of words over mask celebration – and Arsenal teammate Mesut Ozil gets involved

Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has continued his war of words with Toni Kroos after the Real Madrid midfielder criticised his famous mask celebration.

Kroos accused Aubameyang of being a poor role model for his ‘nonsense’ celebrations involving superhero masks during his time at Borussia Dortmund and now Arsenal.

“Aubameyang once celebrated and took out a mask. That’s where it ends with me. I don’t think that’s a good role model, either. What nonsense,” the German said on the Einfach mal Luppen podcast he hosts, as per Sport Bild.

Aubameyang was left dumbfounded by the criticism, taking to Twitter to reveal he was actually checking if the reported comments really came from Kroos.

Then the Gabon international launched a fierce response.

Sharing a drawing of himself done by a child at a junior school, Aubameyang tweeted: “By the way. Does this @ToniKroos have Kids?

“Just to remember i did it for my son few Times and i will do it again I wish you have Kids one day and make them happy like this Junior School pupils.

“And don’t Forget #maskon #staysafe.”

Aubameyang’s tweet ended with a clown emoji, seemingly in response to a video which emerged of Kroos failing to follow protocol and wear a mask while on Madrid duty.

Responding to that, Kroos quoted Aubameyang’s tweet and wrote: “THIS Toni Kroos has three kids.”

But the Arsenal captain wasn’t about to leave it there.

He responded to Kroos’ comments by sharing an image of himself and Marco Reus wearing Batman and Robin masks during their days as Dortmund teammates.

The caption? “Send @ToniKroos congratulations for his 3 Kids cordially your Batman and Robin.”

And it didn’t end there. Arsenal star Mesut Ozil, formerly a teammate of Kroos with Germany, posted a video of Aubameyang’s Black Panther celebration and wrote: “The best goal celebration!”

Looks like Kroos won’t be joining the Gunners any time soon…