Arsenal set €40m January asking price for transfer listed star

Carlo Garganese

• Updated: 1 Oct 2024 08:41 BST
• 3 min read

Gabriel Jesus is set to quit Arsenal in January, and the Gunners have set a €40 million asking price for the transfer listed star.

BolaVIP in Brazil report that Jesus wishes to leave Arsenal due to a lack of playing time, and that the north London club have finally agreed to let him leave if they receive an offer of €40m or higher.

Jesus joined Arsenal from Man City for over €50 million in the summer of 2022 and enjoyed an excellent start to his Gunners career.

However, over time a combination of a lack of goals and fitness issues have seen Jesus fall down the pecking order.

So much so that manager Mikel Arteta now prefers playing a natural midfielder in Kai Havertz as a false nine rather than starting Jesus.

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Additionally, Arsenal tried to sign another natural nine this past summer.

Arsenal had been in negotiations for several weeks with Leipzig for Benjamin Sesko, and believed that a deal was all but done - with only some formalities to complete before the 21-year-old would agree on personal terms.

In the end Sesko signed a new contract with Leipzig but the Gunners remain interested ahead of the summer of 2025 and could return for the striker.

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Jesus to return to Brazil?

Jesus has received little playing time so far in the 2024-25 season and realises that his Arsenal career as a first-team player is over.

According to reports in Brazil, his former club Palmeiras are keen to bring him back in January but it remains to be seen whether they can afford the €40m asking price.

The 27-year-old Jesus has scored just 19 goals in 70 appearances for Arsenal.

Last season was something of a disappointment as he scored just four Premier League goals and eight in all competitions.

He is yet to get off the mark in 2024-25.