Arsenal have had an opening bid for Botafogo striker Igor Jesus turned down by the Brazilian club.
Although the club continue to be linked with a host of big names like Benjamin Seško and Alexander Isak, there is an acceptance that making a move for them in January will be very difficult, and, therefore a stopgap solution might be needed to solve the Gunners’ lack of firepower.
23 year old Jesus, joined the Brazilian outfit from United Arab Emirates’ team Shabab Al-Ahli last summer, and has since scored eight goals and provided five assists for them.
Although the size of the Arsenal offer has not been revealed, he has an ₤83 million release clause in his contract, although Botafogo know that, realistically, they will not get anything like that for him.
Instead, a sum of ₤17 million might be enough to persuade them to part with him before the end of the month.
Andy is an exiled English football fan living in Cyprus. He loves all sports but football is his abiding passion, and he still has dreams every now and then about scoring the winning goal in a Wembley Cup Final, even though his playing days are long gone. He follows most major leagues, across Europe at least, and has a favoured team in each. When he’s not watching, listening, reading or downloading podcasts about football, he spend his time worrying about his beloved Arsenal.
