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Arsenal told £30m striker they’ve approached is the ‘complete package’ and could be perfect for them

Giuseppe Labellarte

Wed 29 January 2025 16:45, UK

With less than a week left until the January transfer window shuts, Arsenal are yet to get a new signing on board.

Arsenal are eager to sign reinforcements up front, par♛ticularly in wake of Gabriel Jesus’ season-ending injury.

Botafogo striker Igor Jesus is a player Arsenal are looking at. Indeed, Arsenal are said to have made an approach fo🎃r Jesus.

Now, South American football expert Tim Vickery has issued an emphatic verdict on the Gunners target and ꦰwhat he’d bring to N5.

READ MORE: Arsenal offered £40💜m striker who Luciano Spal꧒letti said has become a ‘complete player’ in the box

Tim Vickery says Igor Jesus is an ‘all-round striker’ who appears to suit Arsenal

Vickery, speaking on , said Igor Jesus – said to be valued at £20-30ꦰmillion – i🦩s a “very promising player” who looks like “the complete package”.

He also explained how he’d fit Arsenal’s requiremen🌠ts as he’s an “all-round striker”, and wondered whether he’d actua��lly turn the Gunners down.

“This time last year he was in the United Arab Emirates and he wasn’t ♍even a household name in his own home,” said Vickery.

“Botafogo brought him on a free in July and by October he was Brazil’s fi🎶rst-c✱hoice centre forward.

“He looks like the complete package. a ver🎀y, very promisin꧒g player indeed.

“We unde🍷rstand that he personally rejected a bid from Not🐼tingham Forest at the weekend which was said to be €30million (£25million).

“It seems🥀 he said no to Forest, but my big question would be would he say no to Arsenal?

“He would se🅘em to fit their r🦹equirements, he’s an all-round striker, he’s strong, he’s quick, he’s mobile, he can hold the ball up, he can run into the channels.

“If there were to be a bid from Arsenal would h꧒e say no to that?”

In terms of other options TBR Football understands that Arsenal have been offered Fiorentina forward Moise Kean and Atalanta attacker Mateo⛦ Retegui.

Ar💙senal made a bid for Dusan🍨 Vlahovic earlier this month, while Jonathan David was touted as an Arsenal target too.

The similarities between Igor Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli

Jesus has previouꦿsly compared himself to Arsenal aꦉttacker Gabriel Martinelli, along wit♌h fellow Brazilians Vinicius Jr and Rodryg☂o.

“The (Brazil) national team has a very pacey attack when you look aꦅt players like Vinicius, Rodrygo and Martinelli,” Jesus said. “I think my game is quite si🐽milar to theirs.

“I like to try to attack the spaces and I am mo🐷bile. I don’t just stay in the box.

“I am capable of holding onto balls played out by the keeper and holding off defenders, which I 💎think helps to ease the pressure on the team in tough passages of play.

“I hope I can p♛lay weꦛll so that I get called up for future squads too.”