Gabriel Jesus interview: Arteta vs Guardiola, Arsenal's title race & more
Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show
The Athletic
4.6 • 734 Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Ahead of the Carabao Cup final, Arsenal’s Gabriel Jesus sits down with The Athletic FC for an exclusive interview.
In conversation with Mario Cortegana Santos and Jack Lang, they get into how his move to Arsenal came about, the team’s mentality after three consecutive 2nd places finishes and how they’re coping with the current title race.
Plus, the narrative around set pieces, the differences between Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta, his love for R9 and much more.
Hosts: Mario Cortegana Santos & Jack Lang
Guest: Gabriel Jesus
Exec Producer: Adey Moorhead
Producer: Jay Beale
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC. |
| 0:07.1 | The only way to score is, of course, to play with a handbrake-off. |
| 0:14.6 | Hello, I'm Ian Stone. |
| 0:15.9 | This is Handbreak-off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by The Athletic. |
| 0:19.5 | Today, we're bringing you a special episode ahead of the Carabelle Cup final. |
| 0:23.7 | Arsenal's Gabrielle Jesus in conversation with the Athletics Mario Cortagana Santos and Jack Lang. |
| 0:30.5 | They get into the title race, Arsenal's mentality after three second place finishes. |
| 0:35.2 | The set piece narrative is love for R9 and much more. |
| 0:39.5 | We'll begin with how his move to Arsenal came about and the differences between |
| 0:43.4 | Pep Guardiola and Mikhail Arteta. Enjoy. |
| 0:47.2 | So, you said that Guardiola was key for you to sign for Manchester City. |
| 0:53.2 | How important has been Arteta? Did he call you for you to sign for Manchester City. How important has been Arteta? |
| 0:56.0 | Did he call you for you to join Arsenal? |
| 0:59.0 | Yeah, yeah, yeah. |
| 1:00.0 | He called me, he called Pep. |
| 1:02.0 | We worked together there as well. |
| 1:04.0 | Obviously, he was the coach member. |
| 1:07.0 | He was the third coach there. |
| 1:09.0 | But we spent a lot of times together there, of course, because we was training. |
| 1:14.6 | He was one of the coaches that showed me a lot of clips. |
| 1:20.4 | And then obviously he called me and then he explained me what they was thinking about. |
| 1:26.0 | And Edu was here still in that time. |
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