Gabriel Jesus has spoken about how Arsenal technical director Edu helped convince him to leave Manchester City during the summer transfer window.
football.london revealed back in April that the Gunners' transfer chief was in talks with Jesus' representatives regarding a potential move to the Emirates Stadium and the 25-year-old forward was officially unveiled as the north Londoners' fourth signing of the summer for the men's side earlier this month. And his agent, Marcelo Pettinati, spoke last week about how the Brazilian international had turned down a last-ditch approach from Chelsea in favour of Arsenal.
"Chelsea were one of the teams that tried to hijack the Arsenal move," Pettinati told Freddie Paxton. "They tried very hard in the final days to get him. By that point, we'd already chosen our new project."
