Don't worry about Manchester City signing Gabriel Jesus' groin injury
The Manchester City wunderkind was forced off in 76th minute of a Brazilian domestic league game after experiencing a groin injury.
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While playing on loan for Palmeiras, £27 million acquisition Gabriel Jesus hurt his leg in a match with league rival Gremio Sunday. The injury was dehabilitating enough to cause Jesus to be carried off on a stretcher.
However, despite that frightening image, there’s little reason to suspect the ailment will affect Jesus’ move to Manchester City after the end of the Brazilian domestic season. Jesus is ailing months before he’s scheduled to join City’s first team squad. As long as he heals completely, preventing a nagging muscle problem, the so dubbed “next Neymar” should be Pep Guardiola’s to command come January.
Even though Jesus suffered the injury while playing in his fifth game in 15 days, including two appearances for the senior Brazil squad during the international break, muscle weariness allegedly wasn’t a factor.
Palmeiras’ team doctor Rubens Sampaio claimed, “There were no signs of fatigue after those two days of work and he was feeling fine.”
“He had an adductor injury, which is more related to the mechanics of his movement than to fatigue.
“It has nothing to do with the sequence of matches.”
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There’s currently no word on recovery time or severity of the injury, but given Sampaio’s confident diagnosis, Jesus should be menacing defenses again sooner than later.
Speaking of menacing, prior to this incident, Jesus was in excellent form. For Brazil, he drew a penalty and netted two goals — one of them a cheeky backheel — during the international break. The striker also recorded three goals and took an Olympic gold medal home in the Rio 2016 games. It looks like Brazil has found a long-term partner for Neymar up top.
This bodes well for City and the future Pep Guardiola is envisioning for the club, and Jesus’ injury here seem only to be a minor setback.
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