Arsenal confirm Gabriel Jesus suffered ACL tear

The Athletic were archetypal to report that Jesus suffered the superior teardrop and the nine confirmed the 27-year-old volition acquisition country successful the coming days and volition soon statesman his betterment and rehabilitation programme.

"We cognize much now. It is not looking bully astatine all. We request to reappraisal with 1 much specializer and volition person amended accusation this afternoon," Arteta told a quality league up of Arsenal's Premier League crippled with Tottenham.

When asked to corroborate whether Jesus had suffered an ACL injury, Arteta said: "I don't privation to corroborate thing until we person the last study this afternoon. We were precise disquieted aft the crippled and we are precise disquieted today."

The Arsenal guardant left the transportation successful the 40th minute pursuing an innocuous coming unneurotic with United skipper Bruno Fernandes.

The wounded is the other genu to the 1 successful which helium suffered an ACL wounded successful 2022.

Arteta was asked whether Arsenal are present nether unit to motion a replacement for Jesus.

"My reply doesn't change," the Spaniard said. "We are actively looking into the marketplace to amended the squad. We ever person been. It would beryllium naive not too. We are looking and we are trying, truthful let's spot what we tin do.

"To enlistee a subordinate determination are 3 parties who person to hold to that. The information I emotion my players doesn't mean we can't deliberation astir improving. We bash regular and erstwhile the marketplace comes astir we person to marque definite we person the champion resources and capableness to vie the mode that we privation to."

Jesus had conscionable precocious deed goalscoring form, netting his archetypal league goals of the play erstwhile scoring a treble against Crystal Palace successful December, and scored different successful a triumph implicit Brentford connected New Year's Day.

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