Bukayo Saka shows Gabriel Martinelli how to play crucial role in securing Arsenal £50m transfer

Gabriel Martinelli must repeat the agent role carried out by Bukayo Saka to help the Gunners in the summer transfer window. Arsenal are hot on the tail for Gabriel Jesus, and Martinelli could play a big role in helping Arsenal to secure his signature.

Arsenal’s young Brazilian has been called up to the next set of international fixtures for his country in June. This means he will be in a camp alongside Manchester City’s Jesus, who has also been called up to the Brazil national team.

Saka used being called for duty with England to persuade Aaron Ramsdale to join the club ahead of this season. Martinelli could repeat this trick to persuade Jesus to join the Gunners.

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Ramsdale joined Arsenal for a £30m fee in August, and In an interview with football magazine FourFourTwo, the goalkeeper was asked how Mikel Arteta sold the club to him ahead of his transfer last year.

"It wasn’t him, to be honest – it was Bukayo," he replied. "I heard rumours that Arsenal were interested in me when I was at the camp before the Euros, and Bukayo had mentioned that he and the boss had been talking about me."

Saka’s crucial role in persuading Ramsdale to join the club should be repeated by Martinelli to persuade Jesus to make the move to north London. Especially considering the desperate need for Arsenal to sign a striker.

According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, the Gunners are preparing the opening bid for Jesus. Manchester City want around £50m to sell the forward, even if his current deal won’t be extended.

The Gunners are in desperate need of a striker at the end of the season. And it seems that Edu and Mikel Arteta have identified