Gabriel Jesus expects to return to action for Arsenal by the start of March, telling former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov he is "four or five weeks" away from a full recovery.
The striker, 25, suffered a knee injury while representing Brazil at the World Cup in Qatar and required surgery in early December. Jesus has been forced to watch on from the sidelines as Arsenal have continued their dominant Premier League form, most recently defeating Manchester United 3-2 on Sunday evening.
The former Manchester City forward was in a box at Emirates Stadium as Eddie Nketiah scored a 90th-minute winner to maintain the Gunners' five-point lead at the top of the table. Nurmagomedov, one of the greatest-ever mixed martial artists, was in the adjacent box and the pair said hello to one another at half-time, when the score was 1-1.
