Arsenal I started 2025 in the best way possible on Wednesday evening with a comfortable away win over one of the best attacking teams in the world. Premier LeagueBrentford.
Mikel Arteta The team trailed 1-0 early, but they remained calm and showed their quality by regaining parity in the first half and putting two more goals past the Bees in the second half.
There was a great performance for the visitors all around the pitch, but one of the highlights was, once again, Gabriel Jesuswho scored the goal that started the Gunners' comeback.
The Brazilian has been in good form over the past month, so reports linking the club with another striker with whom he shares some similarities should interest fans.
Arsenal transfer news
According to a hadith Report of football transfersArsenal considered a move for the Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford this year.
Interestingly, while the report claims that “a lot of pieces will need to fall into place for the move to materialize”, it also revealed that the player's representatives have contacted Arsenal.
According to the story, a loan is off the table, and as things stand, the north Londoners will not want to pay anything more than £25m for the Englishman, as any potential purchase would be made with the aim of him coming in as a starting squad player.
While this seems like a transfer that is unlikely to happen at the moment, there is still a long way to go this month, and since connections have already been made, there is clearly something here.
Furthermore, while it is a move that may not excite fans, there are some undeniable similarities between Rashford and Jesus, who is in good form at the moment.
Rashford's resemblance to Jesus
So, before we get into some of the positives in signing Rashford this year – yes, there are some – let's examine the similarities between him and Jesus.
So, the first is that the United star, like the Brazilian, is a played striker Down the middle and out wide For large parts of his career.
This flexibility is also sure to please Arteta, who has shown during his tenure how much he values players who can play in multiple positions.
Now, the second similarity is not necessarily a good one, but it is a similarity nonetheless, and that is the fact that both strikers were deemed surplus to requirements by one of Manchester's two main clubs.
Finally, both are 27 years old, have a wealth of Premier League experience, are capable of providing moments of magic and have won trophies during their time in the North West.
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Rashford vs. Martinelli vs. Trossard |
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player |
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Appearances |
24 |
25 |
26 |
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minutes |
1500' |
1705' |
1433' |
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Objectives |
7 |
6 |
4 |
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Helps |
3 |
2 |
3 |
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Goal shares in every match |
0.41 |
0.32 |
0.26 |
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Number of minutes per goal participation |
150' |
213.12' |
204.71 |
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All stats via Transfermarkt |
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Above all, the “electric” Englishman, who has 60 international caps, Statman also called it Daveand has also achieved a reasonably impressive amount of 23 goals for the Three Lions As it is, he has more Goal posts this season, tenMore than Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Martinelli, who have seven and eight respectively.
Ultimately, while fans may not be thrilled about links with another player who has lost his way with a rival, Rashford has shown enough during his time with United that there is still a talented striker out there.
Furthermore, Arteta is crying out for more goals down the left flank, so this could be a gamble worth taking, but only time will tell.
