Gabriel Jesus: Arsenal Striker Discloses How Guardiola Pushed Him Out of Manchester City

• Gabriel Jesus left Manchester City to join Arsenal for £50m last summer
• He almost helped Arsenal to their first league title in 19 years but lost it to his former club
• The Brazilian striker has now opened up on how he left the Etihad Stadium

Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus has opened up on the conditions that forced him to leave Manchester City and move to the Emirates Stadium last summer.

Jesus joined City as a teenager from Brazilian club Palmeiras in 2019 for a reported £27m and was a backup to veteran striker Sergio Aguero until the Argentine’s departure in 2021.

According to Sky Sports, the arrivals of strikers Erling Haaland and Julian Alvarez forced the 26-year-old to find his exit last summer and chose Arsenal as his next destination under former City assistant Mikel Arteta.

Why Jesus left Man City

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For the first time since he left the Etihad Stadium, the Brazil international has opened up on what transpired and when he knew his time with the English champions was up.

''There was a Champions League game, PSG, at home, in which he [Guardiola] put Zinchenko as a false 9. Crazy thing," Jesus said on the Denilson Show podcast. "The day before, he didn't even use [Zinchenko] in training, he had put me in as a striker. ... Zinchenko even joked with me: 'that day I felt bad for you.'

"Two hours before the game, there's a team talk, the team eats, rests for 30 minutes and goes to the game. He told us the team, I didn't even eat. I went straight to the room, crying, I called my mother to talk: 'I want to leave.' I'm going home, because he put [Zinchenko] on, and he didn't put me on. He put a left-back there. I went crazy."

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According to City's official statement at his departure, he played 236 games, scored 95 goals, provided 46 assists and won 11 trophies in sky blue.

Jesus gives title advice

Sports Brief reported that Jesus gave Arsenal teammates title advice when they were eight points clear of Manchester City, but unfortunately, they crumbled.

Jesus and Zinchenko came into the Gunners squad with experience, having won four titles each at Manchester, but their expertise could not rub off on the team, and they lost it.