Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker believe that Arsenaland is the leading man, not the elite; despite his good performance earlier this week. Throughout his career, Gabriel Jesus has often divided opinion because he is not a better goalscorer.
Mikel Arteta did not expect to be involved with the Gunners and appreciates what Jesus brings to his system in general, with the Brazilian regularly involved in creating goals even when he is not scoring and there is no doubting his technical ability.
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This website is protected by reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy notice and terms of use apply. Jesus and #039; The last big performance came on Tuesday night when he scored and assisted in a 2-1 away Champions League win against Sevilla.
The Brazilian has received many plaudits for his performances, but it is his ceiling as a player that has sparked more debate.
Micah Richards asked on The Rest is Football Podcast: andquot;I want to ask you next, how good do you think Jesus is? Because I watched him a lot at Man City and I always thought he was a bit below the real elite.
Gary Lineker replied: andquot; I think that’s fair, I think he’s a very good striker, but what he gives you is great energy and work ability and he’s also a very good player. He’s very good in the press, which I think is important, his goal record is pretty good overall, but is he
Haaland or Kane or Lewandowski? No, I think it’s fair to say it isn’t. andquot;But if he stays fit, he will do a great job in Arteta’s side and he can play anywhere across the front line. So he’s below that level, but you’d take him. You’d get him at
Newcastle, wouldn’t you, Al?” Shearer responded by saying: andquot;I agree with you. Yes, because Newcastle are! I don’t think he’s elite, he’s not elite, but he scores goals for you. every time he’s fit and injuries have been an issue. But yeah, I wouldn’t take anything you said back.”