Mikel Arteta: Gabriel Jesus will stay at Arsenal and could fill number nine role

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Mikel Arteta has insisted Gabriel Jesus will not be sold and can be Arsenal’s first-choice number nine.Jesus made his injury comeback as a second-half substitute in Arsenal’s 3-0 win against Club Brugge on Wednesday after 11 months away.The Brazil international, 28, brings an extra dimension to Arteta’s frontline, but he has just 18 months to run on his current contract.

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00:00I don't consider that, and especially with the situation that we have right now, I think

00:11Gaby has a lot to offer to the team and he's proven that straight away in the first minutes

00:15that he was available to play, he's put so much to be in this position again and now

00:21the focus is to be with us, a player of his quality, a player that has given us so much

00:28and he comes with the energy that he came the other day, he's certainly a player that

00:34has to be pushing and aiming for that, that's for sure.

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