Arsenal are in pole position to secure the Premier League title this season with former Manchester City forward Gabriel Jesus potentially set to add to his medal collection
Gabriel Jesus has revealed that he was laughed at by some of his Arsenal teammates for his ambitions of lifting the Premier League title. The Brazilian joined the North London side from Manchester City in 2022 in a £45m deal.
Having helped City to four Premier League titles during his time at Old Trafford, Jesus immediately underlined his desire to claim another winners’ medal.
But it appears that not everyone was on the same page, with Jesus having revealed that some of his former teammates thought he was joking.
“A few of them laughed,” Jesus said in an interview with The Athletic. “They said: ‘Ah, maybe you signed for the wrong club’. I asked them why. With the quality in our team, why couldn’t we go and win the league?”
During the forward’s time in North London, Arsenal have gone close to landing the title on a host of occasions. In each of his three seasons, the Gunners have finished as runners-up.
But they appear set to finally end their long wait for the title, with Mikel Arteta’s side having put together a nine-point lead over Jesus’ former club Man City at the top of the table with seven games to be played.
"It’s a process that you have to respect," Jesus added. "We’ve gone from fighting hard to qualify for the Champions League to fighting for the title.
“We need to be happy about that. Our team is now more experienced, more mature. We can win the league this season and maybe another trophy as well. The Arsenal fans were probably going to say the Premier League because it’s been more than 20 years.
“But they also never won the Champions League, so obviously for them it’s a dream to win both. Me, I want to win everything, but if I have to choose, it’s the Champions League."
Jesus has sent a strong message to his teammates ahead of the run-in and claimed that the Gunners should relish the fact they find themselves in such a position. He said: "When you have [success], you can be scared of losing it.
“We still don’t have it, so we cannot be scared. We cannot lose something we don’t have. We need to go out there, game by game, and try to win."
Arsenal’s Premier League title push will be paused this weekend but they could still claim silverware. Arteta’s side take on Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City at Wembley in the Carabao Cup final.