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Gabriel Jesus seems likely to be leaving Manchester City in the summer and his goals against Watford were a timely reminder of his talents.

Well, it was certainly a statement. Following a week of speculation about the addition of Erling Haaland to the Manchester City squad in the summer, a player likely to leave at the end of this season left a huge mark on City’s 5-1 demolition of Watford. Jesus resurrected his season a week after Easter; Gabriel scored four of Manchester City’s goals, the first player to score four goals in a Premier League match since Son Heung Min for Spurs at Southampton in September 2020. While the opposition was about as modest as can be found in the Premier League, it was a timely reminder of his talents as the business end of the season looms into view.

But it doesn’t seem likely that Gabriel will be a Manchester City for that much longer. He’s not a great scorer of goals but his record is decent enough, with 121 in 313 appearances in all competitions since he signed for City for £27m in January 2017. But to look at his goalscoring record alone is to misinterpret a player who falls a little between two stools. Gabriel is able to player as both a winger and a striker and that degree of flexibility is very useful to Pep Guardiola and Manchester City.

But City have been playing this season without having replaced Sergio Aguero, and