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Arsenal have already done some work on signing £30m striker

Charles Jones

Tue 21 January 2025 11:15, UK

Arsenal’s search for a new striker is ongoing, and the Gunners are looking everywhere for solutions.

Arsenal are looking at players within the Premirer League – Arsenal have been linked to Evan Ferguson recently, while Mikel Arteta loves Alexander Isak.

The Gunners have looked at players in Europe too, Jonathan David is a target while Arsenal really like Benjamin Sesko too.

Hoꦡwever, all of those transfer plans appear to be going up dead ends, so Arsenal are now having to lo⭕ok further afield, all the way to Brazil.

Indeed, speaking on Curtis Shaw TV, Ben Jacobs has shared an update on Arsenal’s interest in Igor Jesus, claiming that this is a player Edu has looked 🎀at and some groundwork has already been done.

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Arsenal have done groundwork on Igor Jesus deal

Jacobs shared🍎 what he knows about Arsenal and Jesus.

According to the journalist, Arsenal have done some groundw🐭ork on🍸 this deal via Edu.

Jesus has been valued at £30m, and Fulham are looking at Jesus too.

“Yeah a couple of rumblings, the first name I have put out there is Igor Jesus. He has won four caps for Brazil, he’s 23 years of age. This is an Edu legacy dea♛l if you like and some groundwork was done for him. He’s at Botafogo and it’s a good time to buy from a club in Brazil because of how their calendar works.

Premier League record signings from Brazil

It’s always excit𒐪ing when a Premier League club goes after a young talent from South America.

Indeed, these players can ♏often be hidden gems who become su𓆉perstars.

Howev▨er, Arsenal may need to tread carefully here.

While it’s easy to get excited about potential signings from Brazil, a lot of the big-money arrivals in t♑he Premier League have been very hit and miss.

Of course, Chelsea’s recent business has really distorted this list as many of these players are yet to play a P🙈remier♊ League game.

There have been some great signings from Brazil in the Premier League such as Gabriel Jesus, but for every Gabriel Jesus, there’s a Paulinho ꦆor Luis Guilherme.

Luis Guilherme was signed by West Ham just this summer, but Guilherme is already being questioned as a signing at the London Stadium.

Igor Jesus could be a superstar in the making, or he could be the next big flop out of Braz🐻il, and for £30m, Arsenal need to make sure they do their due di🦋ligence on this signing.