The Brazilian spoke with The Athletic in a wide-ranging interview ahead of the new season, where the conversation naturally turned to Arsenal’s pursuit of the striker.
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"At a club like Arsenal, of course what we want is to have the best players,” Gabriel said.
“We want to fight for trophies, so we need to have the best. When players arrive, the advice I give them is to focus and try to adapt as quickly as possible, because we’re already working really hard.
“So I believe they’re already quite in sync with us, and I believe this year we can achieve great things.”
On Gyokeres, he added: “For sure, when we played against him, it was a big challenge for us. What we know now is that he’s a great player, who definitely had a great season last year.”