Granit Xhaka has backed his Arsenal team-mate Eddie Nketiah to fill the shoes of Gabriel Jesus following the latter's knee injury and subsequent surgery. The Gunners forward underwent surgery on his knee and is expected to be out until around February at the earliest.
After only receiving World Cup cameos, Jesus started Brazil's final group stage fixture against Cameroon but came off mid-way through the second with an injury. Brazil manager Tite then confirmed that he was set to miss the remainder of the tournament.
football.london understood at the time it was only set to be World Cup fixtures Jesus would miss but after seeing a knee specialist, further damage was discovered resulting in surgery being needed to fix the issue.
