Mikel Arteta has claimed there’s ‘one thing totally different’ about Gabriel Jesus this summer season as Arsenal look forward to the 2024/25 Premier League season.
The Gunners had a combined bag of outcomes on their pre-season tour of america, dropping 2-1 to Liverpool earlier than thrashing Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen 4-1 upon their return to the Emirates Stadium. They’ll quickly set their sights on the upcoming marketing campaign as they try to knock Manchester Metropolis off their perch and clinch a primary Premier League trophy in over 20 years.
Brazilian ahead Jesus could be the key to Arsenal’s success this season and, based on Arteta, the 27-year-old ‘actually needs it’.
“The primary feeling once I noticed him after speaking to him on the finish of the season is that he was one thing totally different,” Arteta mentioned after Arsenal’s victory over Leverkusen. “I might sense it. His vitality was totally different, the best way he appears is totally different, the best way he is transferring is totally different. He actually needs it.
“Now it is about discovering that consistency and doing it in any context, towards any opponent, towards any formation, any day, each three days, for 90 minutes, for half-hour, for 70 minutes. If you’re producing in these circumstances, it appears good.”
Arteta was additionally fast to reward the partnership between Jesus and Kai Havertz. The German star spent his summer season on worldwide responsibility at Euro 2024 in his house nation however returned to the squad in time to make an impression in current pleasant fixtures.
He added: “It is pure, it flows, there’s good chemistry between them – and as effectively with Leo [Trossard]. The three, they’ve that false 9 profile. I actually like what I noticed. You need to be very delicate to learn the knowledge that the gamers are supplying you with.
“Individually, the chemistry they’ve throughout the unit, how issues move, one aspect and the opposite. It is definitely one thing that we are able to nonetheless develop, particularly on our left aspect. These combos are giving us choices. They’re all actually, actually good gamers so the competitors is sort of massive there.”
Arsenal will face Lyon within the Emirates Cup on Sunday earlier than internet hosting Wolves of their season opener on 17 August.
