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Arsenal remain hopeful of signing Manchester City striker Gabriel Jesus, despite the club’s fifth-place finish in the Premier League this season.
THE LOWDOWN: JESUS TALKS
As per Fabrizio Romano, it is clear that the 25-year-old has asked to leave the Sky Blues this summer.
As a result, the Brazilian’s agent, Marcelo Pettinati, has confirmed that talks have already been held with Arsenal, and it is said that they are interested in the ‘project’ under Mikel Arteta.
However, Pettinati has also revealed that six more clubs are interested in securing his client’s signature.
THE LATEST: KEEN TO JOIN
The Athletic claim the Gunners remain confident of securing Jesus’ signature and he is still keen to join, despite the prospect of Europa League football.
Discussions between Arsenal’s technical director Edu and Jesus’ representatives are said to go back months, with Arsenal putting in the significant groundwork to securing the striker.
The Brazilian is seen as a ‘perfect’ fit for Arteta’s Arsenal, with the Spaniard fully aware of the forward’s ability having worked with him for two years during his time as Pep Guardiola’s assistant.
THE VERDICT: PERFECT FIT
The £54m-rated hitman is direct, skillful, versatile, agile and fast – traits that Mikel Arteta adores.
Despite not being a regular under Pep Guardiola in his favoured position at the Etihad Stadium, he’s still managed to bag a tremendous 95 goals and 46 assists since his move to England.
That is 141 goal contributions in 236 appearances, which makes for astonishing reading, and makes you wonder what his scoring record would be like had he been a regular at the Citizens.
So far this campaign he has excelled, despite Guardiola’s constant rotation in attack, bagging eight goals and nine assists from just 1,878 minutes of Premier League football.
His dribbling is effective, but his ability to find the back of the net would make him stand out from the current Arsenal crop.
At just 25, he still has a huge career ahead of him. A switch to north London playing regularly would also boost his hopes with the Brazil national team, ahead of the World Cup later this year.
So all in all, Jesus to the Emirates certainly seems the perfect fit.
AND in other news, Arsenal interested in “spectacular” £49.50m-rated ace, who is an upgrade on Xhaka – opinion
