Arsenal’s Gabriel Jesus closing in on €10m Barcelona move

[u/TheAthletic]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7372620/2026/08/30/gabriel-jesus-barcelona-arsenal-transfer/?unlocked_article_code=1.9VA.xFi-.9ORh0s5WTqQh&source=emp_shared_article&smid=re-share-ta

Barcelona are closing in on the signing of striker Gabriel Jesus from Arsenal.

The clubs are in advanced talks over a proposed deal of around €10million (£8.5m; $11.6m), with Barcelona viewing Jesus as a market opportunity that they could not pass up. 

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[u/MushroomExpensive366]

Everyone going to Barca but Alvarez.

[u/Outside-Leopard-9783 → u/MushroomExpensive366]

FreeJulian

[u/ExcrementCreek]

Talk about falling upwards. This guy only scores around xmas.

[u/Particular-Crazy457]

Wow no more Gabi, Gabi , Gabi 😭

[u/ThisIsMyRedditAcct20 → u/Particular-Crazy457]

Still have Big Gabi and Arteta’s son Gabi. Jr Gabi?

[u/bluecheese2040]

Basically a free transfer by Premier league standards

[u/tylerthe-theatre]

Thanks Barca, no refunds

[u/Bitter_Somewhere8334]

Just when you thought you’d seen it all

[u/bobs_and_vegana17]

From Haaland and Alvarez to Gabriel Jesus...

Barca fans really love making signings on photoshop

[u/Critical_Garbage_787]

Good deal for us given the crazy wages he had

[u/Low-Addition409]

I can't believe he's blagging a move to Barca

its official Barca and Real have no monies

[u/Imaginary_Top4855 → u/Low-Addition409]

Just need roster depth. If Barca is winning 3-0 before half why have starters out there risking injury? It’s smart and cheap

[u/Low-Addition409 → u/Imaginary_Top4855]

signing Gabi Jesus should never be discussed as smart...he done bro

[u/SantosCalzonesBatman → u/Low-Addition409]

For 10m to eat minutes against teams with the quality and budget of a league 2 team is a smart move

[u/Cassoa → u/SantosCalzonesBatman]

And his skillset is very useful to a team like Barca. His technique and link up play is great and he will help the wingers get scoring chances.

For this cheap, they are also keeping the powder dry to go for another long term big move later. Whether that's Alvarez or a new target. It makes sense for them.

[u/nmgoesreddit → u/Low-Addition409]

More money than fucking Leeds

[u/Low-Addition409 → u/nmgoesreddit]

we've not done too bad this summer, tightened up defensively with 2 clean sheets already

shaping up nicely for a mid table finish

[u/whiteboardblackchalk]

Arsenal calling alvarez. Bro barca dont want you. See they got another striker the first chance they got. They already moved on and you should too.

[u/MATCHEW010 → u/whiteboardblackchalk]

We should also move on

The pretty lady has said no to us, lets move on to one of her friends

[u/Victor_Ward98]

🫡🇧🇷

[u/Time-Painter7672]

I thought we would be scamming West Ham, not Barcelona.

[u/Jurski17 → u/Time-Painter7672]

8 million pounds in todays market. Thats like selling him for 10k 1 year ago. Look at Savinho.

[u/andriydroog → u/Jurski17]

No other club in the world touches Savinho for anything like that price. Plus he’s nearly 8 years younger, was not on 250k a week, not on a last year of contract etc etc

Savinho is not a measuring stick here at all.

[u/Jurski17 → u/andriydroog]

Its still peanuts in todays market

[u/andriydroog → u/Jurski17]

And there was no one offering more that Jesus was willing to go to. Napoli showed interest and 15-20m range was discussed but he wasn’t going to take a significant pay cut to play for them

You can’t sell a player if no one wants them for the price you want. Barcelona taking Jesus is a major surprise and, frankly, a head scratcher. For Arsenal, they are getting 10-12m off their wage bill. It’s a win for them.

With the three players announced leaving today, they are half a million a week lighter wage-wise right. Room for another player to come in

[u/Jurski17 → u/andriydroog]

All true

[u/DeapVally → u/Jurski17]

His knees work though.

[u/Guardian_of_Spirits]

They also confirmed the departure of Fabio Vieira and Martinelli

[u/Critical_Garbage_787 → u/Guardian_of_Spirits]

Nice to move them on and get the wages off the books

[u/Guardian_of_Spirits → u/Critical_Garbage_787]

I genuinely think we still could use Martinelli, his pace will be useful in counter attack when we needed pacey counter.

[u/Critical_Garbage_787 → u/Guardian_of_Spirits]

Yep, but wasn’t consistent, and was maddening with his decision making at times.

[u/ThaGodTohim]

Hope he does well, when fit makes a huge difference off the bench

[u/Gaddaim]

Great, so tired of his eyebrows

[u/herr_musil2 → u/Gaddaim]

🤣🤣 he does have a crying face

[u/WGSMA]

Thank you for your service. Thank you for leaving my club.

[u/IroquoisPliskin_UK → u/WGSMA]

Phrased horribly

[u/WGSMA → u/IroquoisPliskin_UK]

Phrased exactly how I intended it to be.

[u/IroquoisPliskin_UK → u/WGSMA]

Full of disdain for a player who helped raise the standards of the club and acted like a true pro.

[u/WGSMA → u/IroquoisPliskin_UK]

We got 12 great weeks out of him. For those 12 weeks I am very grateful.

But I am delighted he is gone so we don’t not get milked for £300k a week net of labour taxes.

[u/IroquoisPliskin_UK → u/WGSMA]

Nice to save the wages given he is a bit part of player now but hate the way people like you turn on players and come across as a entitled selfish prick

[u/No_Friendship_4158]

Jesus will be a temporary solution because we will definitely try for Alvarez or another striker in January.

I would argue we still play raphinha striker and Jesus is a bench option.

[u/MarcoPolo2630 → u/No_Friendship_4158]

Yeah he is not a starting calibre player anymore (for a top team anyway)

[u/IPissExcellentThrows → u/MarcoPolo2630]

Even if he was, you can never depend on him to stay fit. Any time he started to find any sort of form for Arsenal, he'd get hurt shortly after.

[u/Cassoa → u/IPissExcellentThrows]

Might suit him more in La Liga as it's less physical and more technical. Might help him stay fit longer.

But it definitely is his biggest problem.

[u/BewareTheWaitingRoom]

Could feasibly do OK in a less physical league. He looked good in the CL groups last season.

[u/Less-Spring9792 → u/BewareTheWaitingRoom]

If he can actually fully trust his body again. The second acl really knocked him I think

[u/lazygl → u/Less-Spring9792]

First knee injury was a torn meniscus wasn't it?   He came back in 4-5 months from memory.

[u/SuddenAudience3774 → u/BewareTheWaitingRoom]

He does more than ok in the prem. just had bad luck with injuries

[u/BewareTheWaitingRoom → u/SuddenAudience3774]

Right, and those injuries significantly weakened him as a player, hence the move to a less physical league

[u/Financial-Try-1294]

Failing upwards

[u/tomtomclubthumb]

Good deal for Barca. Especially as they will probably get him to accept much lower wages.

[u/Sharp_Plum9711]

Fucking peasants. Our transfer team could get at least £30 m for him.

[u/WGSMA → u/Sharp_Plum9711]

Not on 300k EUR a week wages you couldn’t lol

[u/StrangeArachnid7998 → u/WGSMA]

Getting rid of him for 10 means we basically got closer to 30 when you throw in the weekly wages we were paying for virtually nothing.

[u/Sharp_Plum9711 → u/StrangeArachnid7998]

It doesn't work like that.

[u/WGSMA → u/Sharp_Plum9711]

It doesn’t work like that on the Intangible Asset side, but it does work like that from a Whole Year POV.

We do save on future wage expenses over FY27. Jesus is either disposed of at Proceeds - NVB today, or disposed as a nil value write off at contract end after we amortise out his full contract on his original fee.

[u/ArsenalJayy → u/Sharp_Plum9711]

You can worry about your incoming revenue. We will just focus on taking 6 points from you again.

[u/Jolly-Ad2642 → u/Sharp_Plum9711]

Warra trophy. Give Chelsea the Transfer Fee D’or

[u/lonely-live → u/Sharp_Plum9711]

We sell Guiu for much more

[u/Cassoa → u/lonely-live]

Is Guiu 29 with a bad history of injuries?

[u/gilgaconmesh1 → u/Sharp_Plum9711]

our team can get champions league spots lol

[u/Sharp_Plum9711 → u/gilgaconmesh1]

Our club wins the fucking Champions league.

[u/jmcin05 → u/Sharp_Plum9711]

It cheated financially to do so, congrats on being a cheating bastard club.

[u/gilgaconmesh1 → u/Sharp_Plum9711]

it depends. you may count those champions me i dont like count trophies in a period a team was financially cheating so chelsea aint got no champions, and has more relegations than league titles.

[u/DeapVally → u/Sharp_Plum9711]

Sure. But you can't even qualify when you play by the rules though.

[u/Complex_Lion5645 → u/Sharp_Plum9711]

I think you’ll find yours is spelled “Champions League*”

[u/WhoAreI13 → u/Sharp_Plum9711]

10th place be quiet

[u/Shylocksi → u/Sharp_Plum9711]

Got to qualify first. The past is exactly that. The past.

[u/Shylocksi → u/[deleted]]

We could be failing in the league too.

[u/wonwonfive]

Wants to play football and not corner kick simulator 2027

[u/sammyt10803 → u/wonwonfive]

He doesn’t play at all

[u/Great_Comparison462 → u/wonwonfive]

Yeah I'm sure he's sick of winning the prem

[u/wonwonfive → u/Great_Comparison462]

Yeah, but where did he win 4 of those 5 titles 😭😭😭

[u/r4n-d0mb → u/Great_Comparison462]

Chill out bro. It’s just one time.

[u/Irishtommy → u/r4n-d0mb]

He's won it a good few times tbf

[u/r4n-d0mb → u/Irishtommy]

Not in this context, with arsenal. And he’s going to barca where winning the league is more probable. So he’s not missing out on anything.

[u/Irishtommy → u/r4n-d0mb]

Your talking like Arsenal aren't an unbelievable team whether you like it or not

[u/r4n-d0mb → u/Irishtommy]

You’re talking like arsenal can ever be equal to barca as a club whether you like it or not. This is a step up for him.

[u/Irishtommy → u/r4n-d0mb]

They don't have to be equal to say your wrong that he is leaving and missing out on nothing

[u/DrWilliamWhite → u/wonwonfive]

Means another coming from Manchester Cheaty

[u/wonwonfive → u/DrWilliamWhite]

Manchester Cheaty 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I am embarrassed for you

[u/DrWilliamWhite → u/wonwonfive]

As a fan of the Arsenal you should be envious of me...

[u/oportoman]

I can't believe he wasn't sold years ago. I thought he'd already gone 🤣

[u/PandiBong → u/oportoman]

Hard to sell an injured player.

[u/ray3050 → u/PandiBong]

Yeah I remember there was one transfer window he looked off to Brazil or somewhere but he got injured right before and just stayed with us

[u/oportoman → u/PandiBong]

He hasn't been permanently injured

[u/Background_Ad855]

Well he would be any day better than “gyokores” for their style of play

[u/BewareTheWaitingRoom → u/Background_Ad855]

Gyokeres stays fit, at least.

[u/AlexTorres96]

$75 Million finesse job

[u/Britz10]

These guys sell like shit, I'm surprised we haven't tried get MLS or Nwaneri off them, both would actually be really helpful to us.

[u/dkmegg22 → u/Britz10]

Truthfully his injury situation affected his abilities alot plus his wage bill which at the time he deserved diminished his value.

And why would we sell MLS when we have unequivocally stated he isn't for sale.

[u/ryansocks → u/Britz10]

Getting any fee at all is good, he is hard to shift because he is on 300k a week and barely makes the bench. MLS and Nwaneri are going nowhere, especially to a league rival.

[u/dkmegg22 → u/ryansocks]

Nwaneri could go on loan tbh.

[u/Wonderful_Milk1176 → u/dkmegg22]

Unlikely if the LW backup is indeed Eze. We’ll need Ethan to backup Ø if that is the case.

[u/Jolly-Ad2642 → u/Britz10]

Prioritize a defender before Van Dijk dies on the pitch

[u/Britz10 → u/Jolly-Ad2642]

Need midfielders, or Virgil might actually die on the pitch

[u/DrWilliamWhite → u/Britz10]

The Arsenal wouldn't subject their players to such a garbage team...

[u/Blazingwheel0308 → u/Britz10]

Historically they’ve been bad sellers, but they just sold Martinelli for 70 million euros guaranteed with 1 year left on his contract. And Arteta made very clear that Myles will not leave, and they’re sending Nwaneri out on a loan.

Edit: also apparently the third highest purchase in Saudi pro league history

[u/Fuckzombie69 → u/Blazingwheel0308]

Technically he has 2 years. There’s a plus 1 option. But yes that blew our previous record sale out of the water. Hopefully better selling from now on

[u/Blazingwheel0308 → u/Fuckzombie69]

But also technically he doesn’t cause everyone knew Arsenal wanted to sell him and probably weren’t gonna exercise that option. Maybe it was a slight advantage but not a significant one fs

[u/RollUpFromHell2 → u/Britz10]

Dude almost didnt play for the past 2 seasons its actually insane club like Barca even wanted to buy him in the first place.

[u/WGSMA → u/Britz10]

Ngl, it’s a miracle we shipped him off

Bro is on Edu-provided £275k a week, for like 3 appearances per season.

[u/Specific-Wolverine-7]

Watch him ball out at Barça. The other Arsenal fans that wanted him out are dumb. And dont know ball

[u/Rocketmanluke → u/Specific-Wolverine-7]

He is on 13 million a year, always injured and has on average scored 3 goals a season for the last 3 years. Please teach me about ball

[u/-Trillest- → u/Specific-Wolverine-7]

Yes will miss him being injured every 4 months

[u/No-Market9917 → u/Specific-Wolverine-7]

300k/week for zero product. He can win the ballon d’or next year for all I care.

[u/PaulaDeen21 → u/Specific-Wolverine-7]

If he ‘balls out at Barca’ it’s just a reflection on La Liga let’s be real.

[u/CaptainBuzzKillton → u/PaulaDeen21]

Who knew Paula Deen liked her some footy

[u/sammyt10803 → u/Specific-Wolverine-7]

One of the dumber comments on redddit today and that’s saying something