Gabriel Jesus has revealed that Arsenal team-mate Oleksandr Zinchenko ‘wanted to kill him’ after a joke about his Premier League title contributions during their time together at Manchester City. The former City duo won four titles during their spell at the Etihad Stadium under Pep Guardiola.
Jesus and Zinchenko arriving at the Emirates Stadium has helped transform the Gunners into title challengers this term, bringing their quality and experience in to help Mikel Arteta's side. Arsenal now sit eight points clear heading into the final nine fixtures of the season, but still have a number of obstacles to hurdle if they are to lift their first Premier League title since 2004.
Jesus was sidelined for three months with a knee injury he sustained during the World Cup after enjoying a strong start to the 2022/23 campaign. Zinchenko has struggled with injuries as well this term, but is now Arteta's number one choice at left-back and continues to prove to be a brilliant signing.
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Jesus has now opened up on how Zinchenko 'wanted to kill him' after joking about his contributions in City's title wins. Speaking to Footballers Lives on TikTok, Jesus said: “I think Alex [Zinchenko] is the king of joking.
“All the time he just jokes with someone. One day he was like saying things you know, joking like ‘ah, I won four Premier Leagues you know and then the last one I give to you’.
“He says; ‘that last one, last season, I came on against Villa, we were 2-0 down’. He came on and honestly he changed a little bit the game you know because he received the ball, attack and he gave an assist.
“He just said that ‘I gave you one trophy, one Premier League, because of me, you have four’. I said ‘listen, okay, I accept that but in four Premier Leagues, you only start 20 games’. He wants to kill me.”
After sealing a move to Arsenal, Zinchenko opened up on his close relationship with his Brazilian team-mate and indicated his role in tempting him to also join the Gunners. Speaking last summer, he said: “To be honest, we are close to each other and I love him so much.
"He’s my big friend and I would like to say that he was also involved in the discussion and all these things. He told me about the good things about this amazing club and this atmosphere and about the guys and everyone here so I’m really impressed and so happy.”
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