It was inevitable that Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal would compete for a number of transfer targets this summer. However, this is still quite annoying news: Fabrizio Romano now reports that Arsenal have reached a verbal agreement to sign Manchester City striker Gabriel Jesus.
Arsenal and Manchester City have reached a full verbal agreement today for Gabriel Jesus. Agreement in force after a new meeting: the guaranteed rate has been said to be £ 45 million. #AFC
Arsenal are now working on personal terms with Gabriel’s side – the last step in completing the deal very soon. pic.twitter.com/sNcy4TuTks
– Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 24, 2022
This is not at all surprising. Arsenal have been closely linked to a move by Jesus long before the window opened, and any link with Tottenham came late and was a bit soft. Jesus left Manchester City looking for more playing time as a starter, and although Tottenham may offer something this season that Arsenal cannot, in Champions League football, Jesus was probably not very interested in being a rotation / bench option behind Harry Kane. It’s hard to blame him for that.
Still, this is really annoying. £ 45 million for a player of Jesus ’caliber is very good, although we don’t know what his salaries are or how many performance-based escalators are incorporated into the contract. I’m not deformed by this one, but I would have gladly taken Jesus if he had taken himself seriously in wanting to come. We shouldn’t base our happiness on what our biggest rivals do in the transfer window, but this news has definitely made me a little overwhelmed, mostly because it seems like there’s not much in the line of incoming transfers. imminent. next to Tottenham in north London.