Arsenal are reportedly ready to do whatever it takes to win the race for the transfer of Manchester City striker Gabriel Jesus.
The Brazil international is also wanted by Tottenham, however, who are lurking ‘under the radar’ to try to beat their north London rivals to the deal, according to Gianluca Di Marzio.
Jesus has shone in his time at City and one imagines he’d be a useful signing for many top clubs, though Erling Haaland’s arrival at the Etihad Stadium surely means he’ll be seeing less playing time next season.
At Arsenal or Spurs, however, Jesus would surely be an automatic starter, so it could be a great chance for him to show what he can do with a more prominent role.
The Daily Mail have tipped Arsenal to get £70million’s worth of business done this week, with Jesus one of their main priorities.
It could, therefore, be a huge blow if their rivals Tottenham swoop in and win the race for his signature instead.
Spurs have the advantage of having Champions League football to offer after beating Mikel Arteta’s side to fourth spot late on last season.
Good players want to play with the big boys as in CL.
The ‘big boys’ as you call them are going to be flower girls in the CL.
Who would drop out if he was a automatic starter??
Better to be a flower girl in the CL then a Thursday night pansy.
Spurs are in the Champions League, to be sure, but no closer to chasing the title than Arsenal, and their window is closing. Their top three players are at aging. Kane has two, maybe three years at the top. Same with Son. Hugo Lloris has saved many a point for Spurs and he is 35. Not ancient for a top keeper, but Premier League goalkeepers play further into their thirties at top teams.
Arsenal, by comparison, lack Champions League football this year, but the squad is younger and if the Gunners can add Jesus or similar quality player up front, a scoring midfielder, and some depth at full back, they will provide a formidable challenge for top four next season.
For Jesus, the questions is, what does he want from his career? Does he go to Arsenal and be the main man for the next five years or does he sign for Spurs as a winger and Harry Kane’s understudy for the next three years and hope, when Kane goes, he is given a chance to play striker?
A bigger issue for both the Gunners and the Spurs is what Ten Haag and Manchester United management plan. Does they go slow and accept two-three years of gradual progress to title contention, do they spend $250 million and try to compete next season, or $400 million and build a galaticos team that can compete with City right away? The quick, expensive route did not work for any of the managers that got a real opportunity at United. Van Gaal, Mourinho, and Solskjaer spent fortunes and yoyoed between obscurity and second place. Still, it looks like option 2 is the chosen path, with links to Frenkie de Jong and one or two other top stars, but not really huge expendiutres to snap up a brand new starting XI.
Either way, Spurs and Arsenal will see things get harder following next season. Add to that Newcastle’s likely upward trajectory; following the Man City. PSG nation-state teams. Also in question is what Chelsea’s new owners do; will they be more like Liverpool and Arsenal or will they take an Abramovich-like spend whatever it takes to win approach?
If Chelsea are supported with virtually unlimited funds as they were under Ambramovich; and Newcastle use Saudi financial muscle to its fullest degree, the era of self-supporting teams competing for Premier League titles is likely over unless the FA and football’s other governing bodies act to limit the susidizing of teams beyond sporting revenues.
If that is the case and Fenway Sports Group joins the oligarchs and nation-states in bolstering the team with cash infusions, Arsenal and Spurs will be competing for the Europa League and Conference League spots for the next two or three decades; or until their owners weary of the futility and sell.
If my granny had a pair of balls she’d be me grandad….
Without addressing your chapter in full, Spurs will do just fine in the coming years… An incredibly rich club in there own right (as people are fi ally seeing this transfer window)
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