Jesus may not save Arsenal with £50m striker not reliable finisher

Jesus is coming! But will the Brazilian striker resurrect Mikel Arteta's Arsenal?

He showed just about enough during five-and-a-half seasons with Manchester City to suggest he will bring something for the Gunners' sizeable £50million outlay.

The common argument from his supporters is that he would have flourished if only Pep Guardiola wasn't the kind of manager who likes to rotate his team every week. More game time would have equated to more goals.

But equally, there remain serious question marks over Jesus's finishing ability, his best return in a Premier League campaign is just 14 goals and had he performed better there would have been no need to buy Erling Haaland.

The reality is Jesus never did become the 30-a-season goalscoring force City expected him to and he never adequately proved himself the successor of Sergio Aguero. Do we really expect him to be better at the Emirates?

Arsenal's lack of firepower ultimately saw them miss out on Champions League football last season, with Bukayo Saka their leading scorer with 12 goals across all competitions and outright centre forward Eddie Nketiah only getting 10.

With Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette gone, there was clearly a need to spend big on a new striker and Jesus is Arsenal's choice.

As Sportsmail reported on Monday, the player's agents have travelled to London to wrap up the deal with Arsenal splashing another huge chunk of their budget days after buying Fabio Vieira from Porto for £34m.

All competitions

12 - Bukayo Saka

11 - Emile Smith Rowe

10 - Eddie Nketiah

7 - Martin Odegaard, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

6 - Alexandre Lacazette, Gabriel Martinelli

5 - Gabriel 

All competitions

24 - Riyad Mahrez

19 - Kevin De Bruyne

17 - Raheem Sterling

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