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Jesus Gabriel – Brazilian wizkid – seals Man City deal

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9 years ago

August 4, 2016

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Manchester City has grabbed Brazilian wizkid, 19-year-old Gabriel Jesus beating Barcelona to the chase.

Young Gabriel Jesus was signed from Palmeiras for a whopping £27 million, plus add-ons.

Jesus has agreed a five-year deal but will stay with Palmeiras until the end of the Brazilian season in December.

City regard the player as the best young talent in South America and fought off interest from Barcelona.

Jesus was voted the best newcomer in the Brazilian top flight last season and is part of his country’s squad at the Rio Olympics.

He has scored 26 goals in 67 first-team appearances for Palmeiras and is the top scorer in the Brazilian Serie A this season – but is yet to make his senior international debut.

The add-ons in the deal are believed to be worth £4m, depending on his success at Etihad Stadium.

Said Jesus: “We have many great talents in the team and a fantastic manager in Pep Guardiola that I can learn so much from,” according to BBC.

“I’m looking forward to showing the City fans what I can do and I think we’ll have a great future together.”

Jesus is capable of playing across the forward line and further boosts new manager Guardiola’s attacking options following Tuesday’s £37 million capture of Germany international Leroy Sane from Schalke.

Guardiola has now spent around £100m on players so far this summer and also signed Ilkay Gundogan, Nolito, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Aaron Mooy.

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