Arsenal Agree Fee With Manchester City Over Gabriel Jesus Transfer

The Brazil international looks set to become the first major outgoing from the Etihad Stadium this summer, as reports suggest the Premier League champions and Arsenal have reached a verbal agreement over a deal for the 25-year-old.

Gabriel Jesus has long been rumoured with a move away from Manchester City this summer to fulfil his desire of regular first-team football ahead of the World Cup in Qatar later this year.

Since joining forces with Pep Guardiola in Manchester, Jesus has shown spells of brilliance but alongside those spells were frustrating periods without goals from the Sao Paulo star owing to a wide list of reasons.

Despite often being a utility man instead of someone around whom the team was built, Jesus boasts an impressive tally of 58 goals and 32 assists in 159 Premier League outings since his arrival to the Etihad Stadium from Palmeiras in January 2017.

While he has been linked with a host of clubs across Europe since last summer - including Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, Juventus and Inter - Fabrizio Romano has revealed Manchester City and Arsenal have come to a verbal agreement over a deal for Gabriel Jesus ahead of the new campaign.

David Ornstein of The Athletic has since confirmed the fee of £45 million but mentioned that some elements of the deal still need to be finalised before a transfer is in place.

Manchester City appear to be conducting great business in terms of fresh acquisitions and potential outgoings this summer, having already signed Erling Haaland and Julian Alvarez.

Brighton left-back Marc Cucurella is next up for the Etihad outfit and there was some interesting activity observed on the Spaniard's Twitter and Instagram accounts late on Friday evening - as the 23-year-old engaged with City Xtra's tweets over a deal in place between Manchester City and Kalvin Phillips and a subsequent swoop for the Brighton defender himself.