Arsenal forward Gabriel Jesus has opened up about the seriousness of the knee injury he picked up last season, the setback he suffered in pre-season and the competition he faces from Eddie Nketiah
Gabriel Jesus is finally smiling again after admitting his latest injury setback left him feeling like “s***.”
Arsenal striker Jesus missed the start of this season after he admitted the pain from his knee was so bad that he could not run or move. Jesus first suffered the injury during last year’s World Cup and his absence was a major blow for Arsenal’s title challenge. He returned before the end of the campaign only for the pain to flare up again in pre-season.
âBrazil star Jesus, 26, underwent a small procedure last month and is back now hoping to boost Arsenal’s title challenge having marked his latest return with a goal in Sunday’s win over Manchester United. Jesus said: “First day is s*** when you find out but the day after you realise you have to keep going, fighting and then smile.
â”Because I have a life. God’s given me a life, God let me wake up every morning so I have to be grateful. So I’m blessed. I can walk, I can be here, I can smile. So nothing to complain. Just believe in God and keep fighting. At the end of last season I was completely fine, I felt nothing.