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Jesus

RowJimmy

awooga83
And what exactly do you think Arteta should do here?

awooga83

RowJimmy I think we probably shouldn't have gone into this summer counting on him and been looking to move him on because we know the player he is and hoping that it will be different is a big risk for building a squad to run at the title

RowJimmy

My point is that, precisely for the reasons you want him gone, we can only move him on by buying out his contract at full value.

awooga83

RowJimmy fair but when arteta has taken that position with others they are just cut out. I think we would have to accept a low fee which I would be willing to accept to get a decent squad in place as I agree no one is paying him what we did now.

Mirth

Pretty much - until he's fit for a whole season no one's going to touch him.

USArsenal

awooga83 I think we would take a relatively reduced fee for him, but NO ONE would pay him the wages he would want at this point. And i doubt there is Saudi interest.

Sicario2 - Tier 1

Looks to me this guy is finished as a number 9.

We need a striker in Jan ASAP.

mohan

I wish he keeps it simple and not over think. Make those simple passes

MistaT

mohan — that’s my main concern too. I can forgive him for not having pace, or struggling to creat goals himself, but he’s not even close to contributing to the team’s play or success.

Mirth

The worse Jesus gets, the more important Havertz becomes

Gurgen

I feel bad for him, he’s really trying too hard to impress. He hasn’t been the same since that injury. But we need him to contribute so we need to get behind him and help him build some confidence, not tear him down all the time. If Martinelli can get his form back why can’t Jesus?

Sicario2 - Tier 1

Gurgen
Mart is 23 with less miles on the clock.

I fear Jesus will never be the same player again.

JazzG

Gurgen But we need him to contribute so we need to get behind him and help him build some confidence

That is essentially what it is. When players keep getting injured they lose confidence and their rhythm. As a result they try to hard or force the issue. Since his knee injury he has not had an injury free run and I think that has massively knocked his confidence.

Look at Havertz a year ago, many on this forum wanted him out and now none of them would drop him.

daredevil

Partey was being killed not long ago and he's 31.

We've effectively replaced Jesus so it's not necessary for us to persist with him through his poor form, unlike Martinelli and Partey who have unique qualities so we needed them to come good.

MistaT

Anyone think Martinelli at CF and Sterling at LW would be more productive?

QuincyAbeyie

MistaT was thinking the same thing during the game.

RowJimmy

MistaT
No

Qwiss

MistaT I think Trossard in the team is more productive. Or Nwaneri in midfield with Havertz up front.

Claudius

I feel for Jesus. This guy has had devastating injury issues. Was a good player when he arrived but this is a husk of a man right now. I really hope we he can ramp up the way Partey did so we have the depth in attack.
But between him, Tomi, and Zinchenko, we need to start making plans.

awooga83

We need to be ruthless, Arteta has done it to many others. Jesus was fine when we were trying to get to the top 4 he's not a player for a team trying to win the league. City knew that and we do as well. He's never been prolific and his injury record just means you are never going to get big runs of games from him either. His level is well known because we've seen that in his whole career the injuries have just made it even more apparent. Can't continue with him beyond this season and not many teams probably going to be interested with his injury record so we might have to accept a loss.

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