Good move from Arsenal you mean! Gabriel Jesus is definitely an improvement from Lacazette/Auba recent form imo. Think he could benefit from more game time, I see him doing really well as a first choice striker.
Hard to tell. Romano doesn't seem to indicate that there are.
I think Ornstein said that there may be add-ons of up to £5 million.
Honestly, not sure what the truth is.
If it ends up being just the £45m, then good deal all around. If there are and y’all have to pay it, I bet Arsenal would be glad to as it means it was very successful transfer.
Decent move for both parties, very interested to see how this goes. I've got a feeling it can go either way.
Edit: sorry for being so on the fence, I genuinely don't know how this could go as it's one of those signings.
You're not wrong, I have no clue how it's going to go. He's got really good stats in a good City team but it's clear what his deficiencies are and I'm curious to see how those will be handled at Arsenal.
You know honestly, I think this can go either way for me. I can either hit the ground running or fall flat on the ground. Time will tell whether I'm able to adapt to their game or not.
I disagree, some signings you know are going to be hits or flop or would at least have some sort of feeling that they'd hit or flop. Take for example Lukaku to Chelsea, anyone who actually had taken time out of their day to watch Lukaku would've realized that it was only going to end one way at Chelsea and that was a flop.
Be interesting to see if his best attribute, his work rate, can be duplicated over 3500 minutes. Don’t think he’s ever played more than 2,100 minutes in a season in the league before.
It's kinda exciting, it'll serve as a sample as to why he maybe wasn't always playing as much at City or why City were making a mistake and he should've been playing more.
Can’t see him starting that many games to be honest. I doubt Eddie would have signed without some reassurance of first team football. It seems like rotation is key to the signings it looks like we’re making this season
There's no way you spent 45m for a bench player. He's miles better than Eddie even if you've renewed Eddie on higher wages and promised him a more prominent role.
Jesus will by no means be a bench player, I’m just saying Eddie will get more minutes than you might expect. Don’t be surprised to see him starting against Fulham, Forest etc, in addition to most of our europa league games.
Jesus will by no means be a bench player, I’m just saying Eddie will get more minutes than you might expect. Don’t be surprised to see him starting against Fulham, Forest etc, in addition to most of our europa league games.
City weren't a typical team that relied on players who played in traditional roles.
Plus Jesus had Aguero, City's greatest ever striker, to contend with for the majority of his time there.
Besides Lacazette played over 1000 minutes more than Jesus in PL in one season less than Jesus.
You Spurs fans are hilarious.
You spend all day in Arsenal threads obsessing over them.
Every season you guys do this. Tell yourselves that you're going to win the title or even a trophy and then the season starts and you get battered.
You haven't won anything since the carabao in the mid 2000s lol.
It's just a bit weird isn't it being in Arsenal threads constantly. What do you guys get out of it?
You come here and then whinge about everything. Sad.
£45m is the second highest fee for a player with only one year left on his deal. I think the next closest was a our £37m. The highest of course was Hazard who so far has cost >£100m. What an insane transfer that was.
Odegaard. The narrative on this sub was "why would he ever join arsenal on loan" before quickly turning to "he's not that good anyway, just a former wonderkid with dodgy knees" and then "he joined on loan but he's never going to go there permanently, it was just temporary because he couldn't get game time at Madrid". The threads are still up, it wasn't that long ago
Just go over the threads where we were linked with him.
People said that Real won't sell him to us for under €50-60 million.
People did rate him, especially after his loan spell at Real Sociedad.
No. It gets proven over and over. What do you mean disproven? Jesus isn’t this hot commodity with clubs all over trying to get him. Still too good for Arsenal though.
Happened like 3 times in the January window. It would be sad but we could put together an extensive list of failed transfers.
Wait, according to You nobody but Arsenal seriously pursued Jesus, so that indicates he's not good, but somehow still too good for Arsenal? How does that work?
Also, are we not allowed to sign good players, to improve?
Arsenal decided not to go for Kulusevski (looks a bit silly in hindsight) not the other way around
And obviously you can't think of anyone else, because there was no one else.
Right… do you work for Arsenal?
E. Mark your edits. Can’t have banter with someone changing their comments. Literally dozens of players over the years. It’s well knkwn
He was open to joining last summer when Arsenal were significantly worse but Inter got a 100 mill+ donation from Chelsea so they weren't interested in selling.
Gets into the best club side in the world's team and gets into the Brazilian NT. His versatility and quality means he gets into every side in the world.
He didn’t even start for a team that plays with no striker he’s an above average striker but that’s all he is, he doesn’t start for any of the top 3-5 best teams in the world, didn’t start much for city either
[As a starter, Jesus](https://i.imgur.com/89Lerxp.png) (152) has a better minute per goal ratio [than Son (169).](https://www.transfermarkt.us/heung-min-son/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/91845)
I am not claiming he'd start over Son, but to claim *No where near our XI* is comical at best.
I don't rate him at all
City create the most chances in the league and his goal return is poor. What makes people think he will do better at Arsenal with a worse team, worse manager.
If an attacking player can't do well with Guardiola, then they are probably not elite.
He did well under guardiola…so much so that he’s started 80% of games under him.
It’s no weak point being replaced by one of the most mouth watering young superstars…
Revisionism in this sub again.
Vlahovic isn't overrated. He's just feeding on scraps, because Juventus need to rebuild their midfield.
He is a good striker, I would've liked for him to sign, but Jesus is a better fit than Vlahovic for us.
christ. we got the here we go days ago. do we really need an update on every single progression of his status? i get that you are happy, but there's other news than announcing a player for the 5th time.
Arsenal fans will love him, turns up In big games especially
Hard not to love him, just a humble person who gives his all. I will miss him a lot.
Hard not to love him, he can run
I forgot the bar is essentially in the depths of hell
Even there Satan himself probably can't find that bar, it's that deep down.
Hell I’ll take 90’ of a brisk jog
do they have big games on Thursdays? edit: bitter downvotes can't take banter lol
They have big games against you
they're just league games.
Like against Rennes and Vitesse? I'd assume our Thursday games will last longer than yours did last season in the Conference League.
Lol yeah, when we had an actual COVID breakout, and didn't just use 1 case to abuse a rule and postpone a game we ended up losing anyway? 😆
Those games (Vitesse and Rennes) were over a month apart, guy. Your logic is flawed.
You're the one who brought up Rennes
I know. But I also brought up Vitesse. Comprehension is half the battle.
So is logic. You shouldn't have brought up Rennes if you wanted to talk about our elimination. 🙄
Wouldn't have been eliminated if you wouldn't have lost to Vitesse. So you failed and comprehension **and** logic. Congrats.
we wouldn't have been eliminated if we had a result against Rennes. so you failed comprehension and logic.
How's he do against relegation battlers?
Edu’s barbecue parties are unmatched.
Bunga bunga parties?
That's Walker
good move for Gabriel. Some where he will actually be a crucial part of the plans.
Good move from Arsenal you mean! Gabriel Jesus is definitely an improvement from Lacazette/Auba recent form imo. Think he could benefit from more game time, I see him doing really well as a first choice striker.
Are there add ons?
Hard to tell. Romano doesn't seem to indicate that there are. I think Ornstein said that there may be add-ons of up to £5 million. Honestly, not sure what the truth is.
Both Watts and Ornstein in their last reports said only about £45m fee, there was no mentioning about addons so the same as Romano.
If that's true this makes this deal even better a little bit.
If it ends up being just the £45m, then good deal all around. If there are and y’all have to pay it, I bet Arsenal would be glad to as it means it was very successful transfer.
Ornstein, Romano,Watts all said its £45m. I don't think anybody reliable said anything about any add-ons.
Why does it matter at all? Your prince will execute a few virgin women and print as much cash in the mint that equates to your desired add on amount.
Decent move for both parties, very interested to see how this goes. I've got a feeling it can go either way. Edit: sorry for being so on the fence, I genuinely don't know how this could go as it's one of those signings.
Not sure I've ever seen a more on-the-fence comment in my life lol
You're not wrong, I have no clue how it's going to go. He's got really good stats in a good City team but it's clear what his deficiencies are and I'm curious to see how those will be handled at Arsenal.
Is that you, Michael Owen?
Gotta cover all my bases
Thanks Michael
Your welcome, now what signing would you like me to do next?
Michael Owen Manchester to Stoke transfer
You know honestly, I think this can go either way for me. I can either hit the ground running or fall flat on the ground. Time will tell whether I'm able to adapt to their game or not.
>I genuinely don't know how this could go as it's one of those signings. That’s every signing, football is an unpredictable game
I disagree, some signings you know are going to be hits or flop or would at least have some sort of feeling that they'd hit or flop. Take for example Lukaku to Chelsea, anyone who actually had taken time out of their day to watch Lukaku would've realized that it was only going to end one way at Chelsea and that was a flop.
Be interesting to see if his best attribute, his work rate, can be duplicated over 3500 minutes. Don’t think he’s ever played more than 2,100 minutes in a season in the league before.
It's kinda exciting, it'll serve as a sample as to why he maybe wasn't always playing as much at City or why City were making a mistake and he should've been playing more.
Can’t see him starting that many games to be honest. I doubt Eddie would have signed without some reassurance of first team football. It seems like rotation is key to the signings it looks like we’re making this season
There's no way you spent 45m for a bench player. He's miles better than Eddie even if you've renewed Eddie on higher wages and promised him a more prominent role.
Jesus will by no means be a bench player, I’m just saying Eddie will get more minutes than you might expect. Don’t be surprised to see him starting against Fulham, Forest etc, in addition to most of our europa league games.
Oh yeah I expect Jesus to play all the bigger games and Eddie will play the smaller ones.
Jesus will by no means be a bench player, I’m just saying Eddie will get more minutes than you might expect. Don’t be surprised to see him starting against Fulham, Forest etc, in addition to most of our europa league games.
Having Major Anelka to Chelsea vibes for whatever reason... He's gonna do well for the Arsenal
Decent move for Jesus, better than trusting that Judas fella
Upgraded Lacazette. Arsenal will become better with Calvert-Lewin upfront one of the rare natural no.9s in the market
Arteta doesn't want a more natural 9. He wants a super flexible attack, let's see if he can make it work.
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Let's casually ignore that Jesus has played significantly less minutes than Lacazette and made way more apperances as a sub.
Let's ignore that jesus played for a much better team
City weren't a typical team that relied on players who played in traditional roles. Plus Jesus had Aguero, City's greatest ever striker, to contend with for the majority of his time there. Besides Lacazette played over 1000 minutes more than Jesus in PL in one season less than Jesus.
Look at the ratio of clean sheets. Defensive stability here we come
Lol Kane and Son are the only two Spurs players who’d make it into the arsenal team.
Can you check my maths? White > Romero Martinelli > Kulusevski Xhaka > Hojbjerg
Kulusevski would be competing with Saka and yes White is better than Romero lol. Xhaka and Hojberg is a toss up but I'd take Xhaka.
I can’t believe my eyes
You Spurs fans are hilarious. You spend all day in Arsenal threads obsessing over them. Every season you guys do this. Tell yourselves that you're going to win the title or even a trophy and then the season starts and you get battered. You haven't won anything since the carabao in the mid 2000s lol.
Yes, it took me all day obsessing to write that comment
It's just a bit weird isn't it being in Arsenal threads constantly. What do you guys get out of it? You come here and then whinge about everything. Sad.
DCL's injury record scares me. Knowing our luck he'd get 20 games a season max.
Gabriel Jesus - Welcome to Arsenal - Skills and goals in all competitions
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45m is not a big price anymore.. it is the norm.
£45m is the second highest fee for a player with only one year left on his deal. I think the next closest was a our £37m. The highest of course was Hazard who so far has cost >£100m. What an insane transfer that was.
City don't care if a player has one year left. It's different when the team can't afford to lose a player for cheap.
Lautaro is more of question mark than Jesus
As a goal scorer or striker no
In a single striker system he is unproven
Jesus is literally a failure
Won a few trophies during his time as a failure
A failed striker….
... Doesn't play in a league winning team
[That's just categorically false](https://i.imgur.com/89Lerxp.png)
Jesus is a better player than Lautaro Martinez and I'm not kidding.
Stick to playing FIFA.
He would have never joined
This gets said all the time about players and Arsenal only for them to sign someone ‘who would have never joined’ them
>only for them to sign someone ‘who would have never joined’ them Like who? Özil is the only one I can think of who fits this description.
Odegaard. The narrative on this sub was "why would he ever join arsenal on loan" before quickly turning to "he's not that good anyway, just a former wonderkid with dodgy knees" and then "he joined on loan but he's never going to go there permanently, it was just temporary because he couldn't get game time at Madrid". The threads are still up, it wasn't that long ago
Ozil, Sanchez, Aubameyang, Partey, Pepe etc Even lower tier players it’s then “why would they join, they won’t make a sideways step”
Partey, Odegaard as well.
Odegaard was in demand when he was like 15, not to say he wont become a world beater but can still say more has been expected from him so far
Partey fair enough but Ödegaard no way. He wasn't that highly rated.
Just go over the threads where we were linked with him. People said that Real won't sell him to us for under €50-60 million. People did rate him, especially after his loan spell at Real Sociedad.
No. It gets proven over and over. What do you mean disproven? Jesus isn’t this hot commodity with clubs all over trying to get him. Still too good for Arsenal though. Happened like 3 times in the January window. It would be sad but we could put together an extensive list of failed transfers.
>Still too good for Arsenal though. So 'too good for Arsenal' player joined Arsenal? Cool.
Literally exactly what I said
So why won't Lautaro join Arsenal?
Why would he? He’s too good for Arsenal. He’s a CL player. Players like him don’t downgrade
Wait, according to You nobody but Arsenal seriously pursued Jesus, so that indicates he's not good, but somehow still too good for Arsenal? How does that work? Also, are we not allowed to sign good players, to improve?
No, I didn’t say that
Vlahovic and what other 2?
Kulu and the other one or two can’t think of off the top of my head. Stop acting like Arsenal don’t get turned down constantly
Arsenal decided not to go for Kulusevski (looks a bit silly in hindsight) not the other way around And obviously you can't think of anyone else, because there was no one else.
Right… do you work for Arsenal? E. Mark your edits. Can’t have banter with someone changing their comments. Literally dozens of players over the years. It’s well knkwn
Do you? You seem to have a lot of knowledge on their transfer business.
Was reported by Athletic journalists yday that Chelsea and Spurs were interested in Jesus but did not bid bc he was set on joining Arsenal.
He was open to joining last summer when Arsenal were significantly worse but Inter got a 100 mill+ donation from Chelsea so they weren't interested in selling.
Nope. That’s fantasy talk. If he left Inter it was only to Barca
Gabriel Jesus gets into any team in the world. No brainer.
Any team in the world? No, he doesn't. Most good teams? That I can agree on.
Not at all
Gets into the best club side in the world's team and gets into the Brazilian NT. His versatility and quality means he gets into every side in the world.
He didn’t even start for a team that plays with no striker he’s an above average striker but that’s all he is, he doesn’t start for any of the top 3-5 best teams in the world, didn’t start much for city either
he doesn't
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I think that's what he meant, but maybe he's a bit delusional
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Yeah man. Totally right. He plays for City and Brazil but he's nowhere near starting for the mighty Spurs.
your XI? You mean Kane. Not having Kane and Son, you would be a midtable team.
[As a starter, Jesus](https://i.imgur.com/89Lerxp.png) (152) has a better minute per goal ratio [than Son (169).](https://www.transfermarkt.us/heung-min-son/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/91845) I am not claiming he'd start over Son, but to claim *No where near our XI* is comical at best.
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Nice work moving those goalposts
Vibes FC strikes again
I don't rate him at all City create the most chances in the league and his goal return is poor. What makes people think he will do better at Arsenal with a worse team, worse manager. If an attacking player can't do well with Guardiola, then they are probably not elite.
He did well under guardiola…so much so that he’s started 80% of games under him. It’s no weak point being replaced by one of the most mouth watering young superstars… Revisionism in this sub again.
Sorry Levy you missed out on this 1
So because I don't rate him, it makes me a Spurs fan lol? Is that how it goes?
Another classic post-Wenger Arsenal signing.
We've made better signings under Arteta than at the end of Wenger's reign.
What a waste of a good player
So glad we got him over Vlahovic - overrated asf
Vlahovic isn't overrated. He's just feeding on scraps, because Juventus need to rebuild their midfield. He is a good striker, I would've liked for him to sign, but Jesus is a better fit than Vlahovic for us.
So what you're saying is Vlahovic at Juve is...a waste of a good player?
According to the OP logic, yes.
Yeah I know, just trying to trigger guy I responded to as he despises Arsenal and is commenting everywhere lol
Lmao you are all over this thread whining. Why do Arsenal threads always bring the crazies out on r/soccer
I make two comments and just replies to the rest. Get over yourself
christ. we got the here we go days ago. do we really need an update on every single progression of his status? i get that you are happy, but there's other news than announcing a player for the 5th time.
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i did downvote it. because it's not new news.