{"id":3546,"date":"2026-04-02T10:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=3546"},"modified":"2026-04-02T10:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:19:09","slug":"gabriel-jesus-hails-surprise-arsenal-teammate-as-clubs-best-player-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=3546","title":{"rendered":"Gabriel Jesus hails surprise Arsenal teammate as club&#8217;s &#8216;best player&#8217; | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2265578910.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27822961\" alt=\"Bayer Leverkusen vs FC Arsenal - UEFA Champions League\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus believes that fellow Brazilian Gabriel Martinelli is the \u2018best player\u2019 currently in the Gunners\u2019 squad.<\/p>\n<p>Both players have struggled for regular minutes this season under Mikel Arteta, despite Arsenal going deep in all four club competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus worked his way back from a serious knee injury, which kept him sidelined for several months, but has largely still found himself below Viktor Gyokeres and Kai Havertz in the pecking order.<\/p>\n<p>Martinelli, meanwhile, has made 25 Premier League appearances this campaign, but the winger has started just nine matches due to the form of Leandro Trossard.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old has scored six goals in nine Champions League matches this campaign, and Jesus believes that Martinelli\u2019s raw capabilities are beyond those of any of their Arsenal teammates.<\/p>\n<p>When asked who the best player on the Arsenal team is, Jesus told Romario TV:\u2019There are a few, but I think I\u2019ll go with Martinelli. I first saw him, funny enough, during the 2019 Copa America preparation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I think it was 2019, the national team always calls up young players from the youth teams to come and train with us, right? There was a good young left winger. I said, \u2018Wow, what a good kid\u2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tGet your football fix\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p><strong>Metro<\/strong>&#8216;s weekly newsletter In The Mixer delivers punchy analysis and breakdowns of the biggest football stories directly to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up here, it&#8217;s an open goal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2267834775.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27822956\" alt=\"Arsenal v Manchester City - Carabao Cup Final\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Gabriel Jesus raved about Gabriel Martinelli\u2019s talents (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018Then at the start of the [first] season here, I saw Martinelli at Arsenal, and I said, \u2018Wow, I\u2019ve seen this kid before\u2019, and it was him. So, it was him. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve seen him play for Itauno since he was young. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Some of the things he does in daily routine, in training, are different. Because normally in the game, it\u2019s about what really decides this, but what you really want to see in a player is in training. The details, the little things.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2264234295.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27823390\" alt=\"Arsenal v Chelsea - Premier League\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Martinelli has struggled for starts under Mikel Arteta this season (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite those capabilities, Martinelli appears to face an uncertain future at the Emirates beyond this season as the Gunners plot their latest rebuild.<\/p>\n<p>The left side of attack has been namechecked as an area where Arsenal are keen to upgrade, with reports linking the club with an audacious move for Paris Saint-Germain forward Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.<\/p>\n<p>And speaking recently, Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard agreed that Martinelli is one of the players who Arsenal could seek to upgrade on.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I think\u00a0Arsenal will potentially go for a player on the left,\u2019 Gerrard told\u00a0TNT Sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0think Gabriel Martinelli has been as good as he was previously maybe and Leandro\u00a0Trossard\u00a0is\u00a0a good player\u00a0but that is an area they might look at\u00a0in terms of how to get the team and squad better.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on <meta charset=\"utf-8\"\/><br \/>\n<strong>Facebook,\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Metro_Sport\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: \u2018Mikel Arteta likes him very much\u2019 \u2013 Agent confirms Arsenal talks to sign \u00a352m striker<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Steven Gerrard claims \u2018heartbreaking\u2019 \u00a330m Liverpool transfer \u2018set us back a long time\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Chelsea star left in tears after hair pulled by Arsenal rival<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card accent--sport\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card__inner\">\n<h4>Football Newsletter \u2013 In The Mixer<\/h4>\n<p>Punchy analysis, transfer talk and more from Metro&#8217;s football experts, sent straight to your inbox every week.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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