Brazilian side Palmeiras have confirmed that they attempted to recruit former player Gabriel Jesus in the summer but were met with a stern ‘no’ from Arsenal.
Towards the end of last season, there were rumours that the Gunners were open to selling the striker whose struggles for fitness and form since the Qatar World Cup have been well-documented.
It’s possible that was indeed the case at one point – Arsenal made an approach for RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko in May- but ultimately Edu and Mikel Arteta decided to stick with Jesus who spent the off-season in his home country doing his utmost to rehabilitate a niggly knee injury.
Would Jesus have been interested in a return to his boyhood club? Who knows. But for now, the matter is closed.
Speaking this week, Palmeiras’s president Leila Pereira explained: “Gabriel Jesus is not coming. We got in touch with Arsenal, and they said ‘Leila, there are no conditions whatsoever. We are not going to negotiate the player.’
“The subject is closed.”
Jesus is under contract at Arsenal until 2027. It remains to be seen whether the subject remains closed at the end of this campaign. We suspect not.
Can they take him for free in January please?
Gab jesus and zinchenko should be sold to fulham
Thought he looked fairly lively when he came on yesterday, but the writing is definitely on the wall.
So far the Sterling gamble is really, really not paying off, and Martinelli is fast moving from a concern to a squad upgrade in waiting.
Do people still have faith in the latter? I love him so much when on song but I’m starting to really lose faith now he’s going to turn it around. I understand he’s a confidence player but Arteta has kept fairly unwavering faith in him for over a year now despite very poor production.
His lack of finishing is a real problem. We need a Saka like threat from the left wing.
I think we are too good for Martinelli, in the sense that because teams now know our quality 90% of games are against a dirty mid/deep block which is where a player like Martinelli suffers. He was at his best when there was a perception we could be ‘got at’ before Qatar, and I think has been excellent in the Champions League where there tends to be more even matchups. He reminds me a lot of Walcott – Messi (who presumably only watched him in the CL) once said England would have won the World Cup if Walcott had played,… Read more »
I predicted Kane would find himself in EFL Championship very quickly and also said Martinelli was a future RVP. Hmm, give me three more years, all that will come true.
I really hoped this season he’d get back to being the player we hoped for again but it doesn’t look likely. We were foolish to go into the season with our backup striker being one that can’t hit a cow’s arse with a banjo.
He’s got great control, and his dribbling take-ons do free up other folks. But he’s not got pace or height, and hasn’t had end product for a while. Martinelli has pace, and scores a little more frequently, but he’s still not quite there. Sterling hasn’t helped at all. Hopefully one of them can get off the mark in the cup match this week.
Think we still need a better attacking option, Saka and Havertz can’t carry the whole load.
It’s been almost 24 hours since Saka last scored. Disgraceful
The only striker we need now is Samu Omorodion. We also need a right footed Central defender like Ronald Araujo of Barcalona OR we buy both defensive younsters: David Odogu and Vitor Reis and groom them. Havertz should fall into attacking midfield where he is best at, if we get Omorodion.
Come the summer Jesus, Zinchenko and Tomi all have to go. All of them are contributing nothing while draining away precious wages.
Jesus had a decent first season at the club but his injuries have made him useless.
He was a poor signing: never a prolific striker and was never fit for long enough.
Shame
Team I’d play v Preston
…………..Raya
Nicols…Heaven..Kiwior…LMS
……………..Jorgi
……….Ethan……..Merino
Sterling…..Jesus….Leo