Gabriel Jesus’ agent reveals why Arsenal signing rejected late Chelsea approach

The agent of Arsenal summer time signing Gabriel Jesus has, on Friday, supplied an perception into the efforts of one other Premier League membership to hijack the Gunners’ swoop for his shopper.

Brazilian worldwide Jesus, after all, sealed a long-awaited transfer to the Emirates earlier this month, committing the prime years of his profession to Mikel Arteta’s troops.

This comes with securing reinforcements up high having emerged as one thing of a precedence on the purple half of north London this summer time, on the again of the respective departures of each Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette.

LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 11: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrates with teammate Alexandre Lacazette throughout the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Arsenal FC at Selhurst Park on January 11, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. (Picture by Dan Istitene/Getty Pictures)

As alluded to above, although, had one other of the Premier League’s high golf equipment had their method, then Jesus could nicely have been calling a distinct space of London house from subsequent season on.

The outfit in query? Chelsea.

Stamford Bridge was after all tipped as a possible various touchdown spot for the Brazilian final month, as Thomas Tuchel and co. prepped for the departure of document signing Romelu Lukaku.

In fact, although, it was altogether unclear how critical Chelsea’s curiosity ever actually was.

However now, none apart from Jesus’ consultant has supplied an perception into as a lot. Talking to journalist Freddie Paxton, Marcelo Pettinati confirmed that, the truth is, the board in west London did their finest to ‘hijack’ Arsenal’s swoop.

Such efforts, nonetheless, finally proved fruitless owing to he and his shopper having already had their focus firmly on the challenge being overseen by Mikel Arteta on the Emirates Stadium:

⚠️ New perception into the Gabriel Jesus switch. His agent, Marcelo Pettinati, tells me:

“Chelsea have been one of many groups that attempted to hijack the Arsenal transfer. They tried very exhausting within the remaining days to get him. By that time, we’d already chosen our new challenge.”#AFC pic.twitter.com/xLYtPe7CQL

— Freddie Paxton (@Freddie_Paxton) July 15, 2022

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