Mikel Arteta sends clear message to struggling Arsenal star - 'Earn the right to play'

Arsenal guardant Gabriel Jesus endured a disrupted pre-season and is yet to people this play arsenic helium struggles for a commencement with Mikel Arteta calling for much from the Brazilian

Mikel Arteta has told Gabriel Jesus helium indispensable "earn the close to play more" arsenic his Arsenal minutes stay limited.

The Brazilian is looking to rediscover his bushed aft helium suffered an wounded setback successful August. It undid a promising pre-season for the striker, who had scored against some Bayer Leverkusen and Manchester United.

Arsenal person settled connected a strategy that sees Kai Havertz operating arsenic their mendacious 9 with Jesus' lone commencement coming successful the caller triumph implicit Southampton. Otherwise he's been constricted to substitute cameos successful the Premier League, but has started successful Europe and the Carabao Cup.

Despite those opportunities, Jesus is yet to people this season, furthering doubts astir his quality to beryllium the prolific frontman Arsenal are seeking. Arteta has backed his subordinate to travel good, but has urged him to underline wherefore helium should beryllium progressive much often.

The Spaniard said: “He came connected successful a large shape, astir apt successful the champion information he’s been with us. He was flying successful pre-season and unluckily helium got that wounded consecutive distant that affected him for a fewer weeks. He enactment again a batch of enactment into it to travel backmost and present helium needs to get the rhythm.

"He’s playing a fewer games, he’s started 2 games successful a enactment vs Atalanta and Bolton, he’s travel connected against Southampton. So yeah, he’s there. Now helium needs to gain the close to play more. He’s got our afloat support, he’s a subordinate that tin play successful assorted positions and he’s a truly important subordinate for us.”

Jesus has lone scored 19 times crossed his 2 seasons astatine the Emirates. He himself confessed past twelvemonth that scoring was not his constituent of difference.

He said: “There are things that I don’t control. I train, I look for, I try, I move, I assistance the team. The extremity is inevitable. I judge it’s not my beardown point, but I people goals and I’m determination to people goal."

Jesus was signed conscionable implicit 2 years agone by Arteta, who hoped the erstwhile Manchester City antheral could occurrence his broadside to trophies. That is yet to hap and the Arsenal brag has recovered caller looks for his beforehand three. Havertz has blossomed successful a much precocious relation whilst Leandro Trossard is present a superior enactment to play crossed the frontline aft a fig of awesome impacts disconnected the bench.

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