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You didn't slag of Lacazette everyday for years though, Jesus is a good player. So was Lacazette at his age.
You've had a hard on for Arteta's culture whoring recently though so who knows with you.
I've spent most of this thread expressing my concern that we're putting so much stock in a player who isn't exactly a goal machine, but my concern was based more on pursuing him at the expense of more important players in more important areas. I still think he's a gigantic improvement on Lacazette and it's kinda strange to suggest otherwise - in goals, in terms of his skill, agility, stamina, and movement.He's 25 so there is always a chance he will step up, but if you spent everyday slagging off Lacazette and you're gassed over Jesus coming in.. you're an idiot I'm afraid.
He going to earn just under 200k a week so he taking the laca wage.
Still uncle Thomas our highest earner the rest of players we'll buy this window Raphinha and Tielemans will be just about 100k a week maybe. Lisandro not sure.
City fan here who drops in from time to time.
If I can just say this. This is a good deal for us. What with the incomings, we really didn't have the place for him that he merits. This is a good deal for you. You'll see that this is a scrupulously honest player, with a great deal of skill – you don't get to play up front alongside Neymar for Brazil if you don't have that – who'll work his socks off for the whole of your front line. Does he score enough goals? No. I'd just like to point out that he hasn't been played in a classic 9 position by Pep all that much. We haven't played with a classic target player since the decline of Aguero. And what with injuries that goes back to well before he left. Very curious to see if Gabriel Jesus doesn't up his goals scored rate for you. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. But he'll surprise you with his the quality of his assists and his pressing, which bothers the hell out of opposing defences, and so creates room for his team mates. He'll create goals for you.
Above all, this is a good move for him, and I'm certain that his career will kick on. At 25, with a coach who knows his game inside out, he's still got room to develop. He goes with the respect and good wishes of all City fans.
Sounds like a healthy marriage mate.Ah just enjoy the signing and stop crying like my missus for once.
The healthiest marriages are the honest marriages…..Sounds like a healthy marriage mate.
I fully expected Jesus to explode last season at City. If Pep had played him more I think he would have. I'm excited by this signing, will he play CF or from wide? Personally I think he'll be part of a dynamic attack with the front 3 of Martinelli Jesus Saka interchanging, or maybe Saka Jesus Raphinha.
While that may be the case with the overall trend, its hard to think that he wasn't influenced by having worked with both before with a degree of success. If they said it about, say, Ramsdale, it would be a load of old cobblers, but word on the street is Jesus turned down some other big clubs, and its hard not to think that previous relationships with both Edu & Arteta may have played its part.How is it that these "Arteta key" bits are always added to tweets, don't think I remember too many of those coming back in the day or at other clubs.
Some exceptions in special cases like when Wenger would visit someone in their home or have them flown in, but this PR bollocks is annoying. Of course the manager and DoF will have been important in the negotiations, but they're making it out to look like Jesus wouldn't have signed for lowly Arsenal if it weren't for them.
I don't think it would've been nonsense in Ramsdales case at all. Anyone whose decision to move to a new workplace, let alone a new football club in a multi million pound transfer, isn't guided by the manager and DoF shouldn't be allowed to make that kind of decision. It's extremely obvious they'd be "key" and doesn't merit mentioning.While that may be the case with the overall trend, its hard to think that he wasn't influenced by having worked with both before with a degree of success. If they said it about, say, Ramsdale, it would be a load of old cobblers, but word on the street is Jesus turned down some other big clubs, and its hard not to think that previous relationships with both Edu & Arteta may have played its part.
Funny Orbinho is negative, when his own stats show that while Jesus misses more chances than he should, he gets a decent amount and assists more than twice as much as one would expect.
For the stats nerds out there.
Can't hate on this signing, forward market isn't what you would call plentiful, hope he bangs for us
Seriously?
Thank you brother! I send my good wishes to you and the other 9 fans City have around the world.City fan here who drops in from time to time.
If I can just say this. This is a good deal for us. What with the incomings, we really didn't have the place for him that he merits. This is a good deal for you. You'll see that this is a scrupulously honest player, with a great deal of skill – you don't get to play up front alongside Neymar for Brazil if you don't have that – who'll work his socks off for the whole of your front line. Does he score enough goals? No. I'd just like to point out that he hasn't been played in a classic 9 position by Pep all that much. We haven't played with a classic target player since the decline of Aguero. And what with injuries that goes back to well before he left. Very curious to see if Gabriel Jesus doesn't up his goals scored rate for you. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. But he'll surprise you with the quality of his assists and his pressing, which bothers the hell out of opposing defences, and so creates room for his team mates. He'll create goals for you.
Above all, this is a good move for him, and I'm certain that his career will kick on. At 25, with a coach who knows his game inside out, he's still got room to develop. He goes with the respect and good wishes of all City fans.