Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher believes Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus has been the best player in the Premier League so far this season.
The 25-year-old has been in fine form since his switch from to the Gunners in the summer transfer window.
Jesus has helped Mikel Arteta’s side win all three of their opening three Premier League matches this season, contributing with two goals and three assists.
The Brazil international often played second fiddle to Sergio Aguero at City, but is now thriving as the main centre-forward for the Gunners.
There have been multiple standout performers in Arteta’s squad this season, with William Saliba, Gabriel Martinelli and new signing Oleksandr Zinchenko all impressing.
But Carragher thinks the potentially ‘game-changing signing’ Jesus has been the best performer across the division thus far in the 2022/23 campaign.
‘No matter how early it is, Arsenal look sharper and better equipped than a year ago. Gabriel Jesus could be a game-changing signing. He has been the Premier League’s best player in the first month,’ Carragher told the .
‘After his long loan spell, William Saliba looks to have finally joined at the right time. There was a clamour for him to come sooner.
‘His development in France – where he won young player of the year – means he is better equipped for the Premier League, adding the physique and power Arsenal needed in defence.
‘It was also essential Arsenal signed another left-back in Oleksandr Zinchenko. Lack of cover for Kieran Tierney cost them the Champions League place last season.
‘With respect to Tottenham Hotspur, I was disappointed when Arsenal did not do it last May because it would have been a fitting reward for how Arteta has gone about rebuilding the club – sticking to a plan with bold and occasionally contentious decisions which inflicted short-term pain in pursuit of long-term gain.’
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