13 players Manchester City's new signing has already been compared to - JOE.co.uk

Newsflash: It's okay to not know a great deal about a young footballer. No one will think less of you.

Manchester City have announced the signing of Gabriel Jesus, a 19-year-old Brazilian who is currently away with his country as part of a strong Olympic Games squad. City confirmed the signing today, though Gabriel will stay with current club Palmeiras until December before linking up with his new team-mates in January. https://twitter.com/ManCity/status/760852862524088321 Aside from all the 'second coming of Jesus' comments which always follow deals like this (and, to be fair, Jesus Navas already being at the club means it *sort of* works), fans on Twitter were desperate to show how ITK they are with comparisons, good and bad. Some are more serious than others, but it seems Gabriel is an amalgamation of more than a dozen other players.

His Olympic team-mate is the obvious place to start...

https://twitter.com/0161Darren/status/760852925296115712

As well as one of Brazil's all-time greats.

https://twitter.com/Arsany_/status/760858494794813440

But if you want to know how he compares to City players of yesteryear, you're in luck.

https://twitter.com/RioFerdinandos/status/760854099529269248

Especially his compatriots...

https://twitter.com/KCeltics830/status/760857807830867972

And not just the best ones.

https://twitter.com/FellainiFever/status/760855903918850048

Some of the league's other South Americans could provide a handy benchmark...

https://twitter.com/SuprxmeNxble/status/760854652237783040 https://twitter.com/ClassyGriezmann/status/760856781404995584 https://twitter.com/ThyKingdomScum/status/760860163859329024

In fact, why stop at South Americans?

https://twitter.com/ManLikeMata/status/760860364624003072 https://twitter.com/dyballocks/status/760856272719736832 https://twitter.com/IbraCadabraUtd/status/760860012008837120