Arsenal chasing “monster” £58m Jesus upgrade who wants to move to England

The final month or so has been removed from excellent for Arsenal.

Mikel Arteta’s facet have dropped factors within the Premier League and at the moment are set to be with out the talismanic Bukayo Saka for at least a couple of months.

Nonetheless, the one constructive improvement has been the return to type of Gabriel Jesus, who’s bagged 5 targets in his final three video games and appears much more harmful than he did only a month in the past.

Sadly for the Brazilian, although, it may be too little too late, as current stories have as soon as once more linked the membership to considered one of Europe’s most fun up-and-coming strikers, who could possibly be his long-term alternative.

Arsenal switch information

In accordance to reports from Spain, Arsenal have maintained their curiosity in RB Leipzig ahead Benjamin Šeško and he now desires to seal a transfer to England in 2025.

The report claims that following his spectacular type for the German facet this season, the Slovenian worldwide has caught the attention of a number of potential suitors heading into subsequent yr.

Whereas this competitors is much from excellent for the Gunners, the great factor is that they now understand how a lot they will want to supply to safe the 21-year-old’s providers, because the report claims Leipzig will solely take heed to presents in extra of €70m, which is about £58m.

It will nonetheless require a major funding from Arsenal to get this switch over the road, however given Šeško’s capability and potential, it’s price pursuing, even when it could possibly be dangerous information for Jesus.

How Šeško compares to Jesus

So, as issues stand, it will seem that Jesus has reclaimed the beginning quantity 9 position at Arsenal, and given his 5 targets within the final three video games, it is a position he could possibly be set to maintain for a short time longer.

Nonetheless, if the membership have been to exit and spend shy of £60m on Šeško both subsequent month or in the summertime, they’d absolutely solely accomplish that with the intention of giving him as many minutes as potential, placing him in direct competitors with the Brazilian.

With that mentioned, which considered one of them comes out on prime in a direct comparability?

Properly, with regards to their pure output for the reason that begin of final season, it is fairly a snug victory for the Radeče-born “monster”, as dubbed by analyst Ben Mattinson.

For instance, he has discovered the again of the online 29 times and provided five assists in 65 appearances, which equates to a purpose involvement each 1.91 video games.

In distinction, the previous Manchester Metropolis star has scored 14 goals and provided ten assists in 59 video games throughout the identical interval, equating to a reasonably disappointing common of a purpose involvement each 2.45 video games.

Curiously, issues are somewhat nearer after we have a look below the hood at their underlying numbers for the reason that begin of final season, though the Leipzig gem nonetheless comes out simply forward in probably the most related metrics.

Šeško vs Jesus
Statistics per 90	Šeško	Jesus
Non-Penalty Anticipated G+As	0.45	0.59
Precise Non-Penalty G+As	0.85	0.52
Pictures	2.58	3.30
Pictures on Goal	1.38	1.13
Objectives per Shot	0.27	0.09
Objectives per Shot on Goal	0.51	0.25
Objective-Creating Actions	0.42	0.52
Aerial Duels Gained	2.47	0.94
All Stats by way of FBref for the 23/24 – 24/25 Season

For instance, whereas he is second finest for non-penalty anticipated targets plus assists, pictures and goal-creating actions, he’s comfortably forward in metrics like precise non-penalty targets plus assists, pictures heading in the right direction, targets per shot and shot heading in the right direction and aerial duels gained, all per 90.

Furthermore, the truth that the Sao Paulo-born ace scored a flurry of targets within the final month has improved his general per 90 numbers, which could possibly be deceptive with out that added context.

Finally, whereas Jesus continues to be a superb footballer and a participant who could possibly be a invaluable asset for Arsenal, it appears unlikely that he’ll develop right into a goalscoring phenomenon within the coming years, which could possibly be the case for Šeško.

Subsequently, whereas it can price the membership a major sum of money, the Gunners ought to do what they’ll to signal the Slovenian purpose machine as quickly as potential.