Arsenal's title race with Manchester City looks set to be decided on fine margins, with the two teams pushing each other until the very end. There may be some key differences at the conclusion of the campaign though, one of which could well be Erling Haaland's move to City.
The striker has smashed a whole host of records in his debut season in the Premier League, hitting 35 goals in the division, topping the scoring charts by some distance. The Norwegian striker has won some important points for the Cityzens this year and the Gunners, along with the rest of Europe, will be wondering how they can have their own version of Haaland.
Well according to former forward Emmanuel Adebayor, the Gunners do have someone that is able to challenge the striker within their ranks. He claimed that Gabriel Jesus has the capability of winning the Golden Boot at some point, telling FutFanatico: "Would actually be interesting to see him play a season without any worries."
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"His potential is huge. Then you would be able to see if he would be in the fight for the goalscoring crown. I honestly have no doubts about that because he’s always capable of scoring goals, he’s ice-cold and he needs fewer and fewer chances to score. He is on a very good path.”
Given the sheer number of chances and goals the Gunners score, perhaps that is possible for Jesus, though he would have to be more clinical. Earlier in the campaign he went through a goal drought that had brought up some doubts that he was eventually able to get over.
“I just want to say thank you to them for supporting me until the end," Jesus told the official club website when breaking his drought in April. "It’s not easy when you’re seeing your striker not scoring goals but they always support me.” It remains to be seen whether Jesus can add that clinical streak, but it could be the difference between winning the league or missing out in the next season or two.
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