Gabriel Jesus elevates Arsenal

Gabriel Jesús has landed on his feet at Arsenal. The Brazilian is fulfilling all the expectations that were placed on him when he was signed. His preseason with the Gunner shirt is being superb with four goals in the four games he has played. A player who contributes a goal and, at the same time, is capable of occupying the different flanks of attack to connect with the interiors and extremes.

Mikel Arteta and Edu Gaspar were clear that in this transfer market you had to bring a striker to fill the gaps of Aubameyang, who left in January, and Lacazette. Gabriel Jesús was the first option and it didn’t take long to close his arrival from Manchester City to Arsenal. A personal commitment by the Spanish coach and the Brazilian director to raise the quality of the team before the start of the Premier League on August 5 against Crystal Palace.

The Brazilian decided to wear number 9 on his adventure at the Emirates as a sign of personality and confidence in his new challenge. His role on the pitch is more than just a lifelong striker because in the four games he has played, not only has he been in charge of scoring goals, he has also moved to the wings, has associated himself, has pressed and has opened spaces for his teammates to take advantage of. Arteta has known how to take advantage of the work that Pep Guardiola did with Gabriel Jesus during his time at Manchester City.

The mobility that the Brazilian is providing can help Arsenal a lot, especially to raise the idea that Arteta has always had with his project. The Brazilian and Spanish union can be very fruitful to achieve the goal of qualifying for the Champions League. For this season, it is expected that the contribution of the former Manchester City will be differential and improve the record of last season where the North London team came in fifth position.

Gabriel Jesús affirmed that Edu Gaspar was vital to join Arsenal. However, the sports director has granted an exclusive interview to Sky Sports News where he states that “no, it’s not me, it’s Arsenal. I am only part of the process of when you are going to sign a player, I am there in front of the player, in front of the family to explain who you are. I think that as a club we have to be proud to have a player like Gabriel Jesús here”.

He has also commented that they had been talking to the Brazilian for seven months: “This process really, I think, started seven months ago in terms of understanding each other and talking to the player, because he also had many other opportunities and then he chose because he understands who we are.”

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Interest from Real Madrid

Gabriel Jesús was in the orbit of Real Madrid a few weeks ago. The white club was offered the possibility of signing the Brazilian from Manchester City but he encountered a major inconvenience because being non-community could not sign him.

Carlo Ancelotti he already had three non-community players on his squad, since you can only have three tokens. These are: Vinicius, Militao and Rodrygo. Given this situation, Real Madrid decided not to go after Gabriel Jesús, leaving the way clear for Arsenal.

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