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What Arsenal are privately concerned about Gabriel Jesus ahead of the summer transfer window
It seems fair to say that Arsenal fans were disappointed once the January transfer window ended on Monday evening.
At different points, Mikel Arteta seemed quietly confident that Arsenal would sign a replacement striker in the wake of Gabriel Jesus’ serious knee injury.
Aside from Jesus, Arsenal only have Kai Havertz at their disposal as a natural number nin♔e, and beyond him it’s aܫcademy player Nathan Butler-Oyedeji.
Put blunt👍ly, the Gunners have taken a big gamble on Havertz’s fitness until the end of the season, a calculated risk that is understandable to a dꦑegree.
Arsenal want to sign Alexander Isak or Ben🐟jamin Sesko primarily and weren’t willing to settle for a short-term deal at the ꦕend of the window.
Late summer moves for Neto and Raheem Sterling have been criticised of late, and it seems as if Jason Ayto and co were relucta🌼nt to d🍬o anything similar.
Arsenal might be unable to sell Gabriel Jesus in the summer
That being said, Arsenal also had to factor in one or two other things into🃏 their decision not to s🃏pend big on a striker mid-season, and one of those was Jesus’ injury.
According to a report by the , Arsenal have a ‘concern’ that the Brazilian striker cannot be sold in the summer owing to his knee injury which could keep him o🍒ut for a year.
Arsenal paid up to for Jesus when they recruited him from Manchester City in 2022, a deal which was initially a 🔯big succ🙈ess and looked like a coup.
However, many fans in N17 imagined that Jesus’ would be the one to make way fo⛄r either Isak or Sesko, but it may not꧂ be that straightforward.
Even without his injury, which could prevent him b𒈔eing fit enough to sign for a new club, it was always going to be difficult to shift the striker given ♔his big wages.
Arsenal signಞed Jesus as a superstar, and the number nine is on superstar wa🎃ges.
A difficult and delicate situation for Arsenal to navigate, and the prospect of Jesus sticking around in the summer perhaps explains why the club 🥀needed to reserve all the funds they could in order to still execute their plans.
Arsenal said no to signing Mathys Tel from Bayern Munich
All in all, it was a frustrating month for Arsenal, but fan⛎s should be partly reassured because of the quality of play🍃ers like Ethan Nwaneri.
Put 🎀simply, Nwaneri has arrived like a new signing, and as Arteta said, he’s got more talent than anyone the club might have recruited in the transfer window this month.
Arsenal decided against signing Mathys Tel, a decision they’ll now be able to analyse close by ♕given that he’ll still be playing his football in north London with Tottenham Hotsp💙ur.
The Gunners have taken a risk, but even if they don’t catch Liverpool in the title-race or win the Champions League, it still co♌uld pay off in the summer.
Sign Martin Zubi🥀mendi, Nico Williams and Sesko, and all will be quickly forgiven.
But is that 🐠realistic for a side who didn’t spend�� this month, and have some of the issues mentioned above?