Inter have confirmed they are trying to sign sought after Brazilian teenager Gabriel Jesus.
Jesus, 19, has been heavily linked with a move to the likes of Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona in recent weeks following his impressive start to the Brazilian top-flight this season.
The Palmeiras forward has a £16.7m release clause that is only available to Bayern Munich, Barcelona, United, PSG and Real Madrid but Inter are still actively pursuing the highly rated Brazilian, although his agent insists there hasn’t been any contact.
“It’s nice to hear these words, though we haven’t read these statements in Brazil yet,” Christian Simoes told Calciomercato, via Football Italia.
“Have we spoken to Inter? So far, no. We haven’t had contact with Inter, if they want Gabriel they’ll have to talk to us. Not least because so many clubs like him. Palmeiras won’t give any discounts and they want to keep Gabriel Jesus, so we’ll see what happens.”
Jesus has played a direct hand in nine goals (seven goals, two assists) in 11 league games this season. Furthermore, only three players have a better conversion rate than the 19-year-old from those to have scored at least five goals in this season’s Brasileirao (21.9%).
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