Arsenal beat off Chelsea and Tottenham to agree £45m for Manchester City striker Gabriel Jesus - Paper Round

Arsenal agree Jesus deal The Mirror reports that Arsenal have agreed a deal with Manchester City to sign their striker Gabriel Jesus. The club will pay £45 million for the 25-year-old Brazilian international, who has regularly scored for his current club but failed to establish himself as a first pick for the starting eleven, even after the departure of Sergio Aguero at the end of the 2020/21 season.

Ad/> /> TransfersMan City agree fee with Leeds for Phillips transfer — report14 HOURS AGO Paper Round’s view: Arsenal have managed to hold off interest from both Tottenham and Chelsea if this story is true, and at £45m they have probably not overpaid for a player who could keep improving for a few more years. With the exits of both Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang before him, the club needed to make sure they signed a striker of real quality to add to Eddie Nketiah.

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Matthijs de Ligt, Jules Kounde and Jonathan Clauss are all other targets for the backline. /> Paper Round’s view: Chelsea have already lost Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen for nothing this summer, so they definitely need to reinforce at centre-back.

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