No one wants to be told off by their mother and Gabriel Jesus is no different. Gabriel Jesus does. The player’s father died when Gabriel Jesus was young and his mother raised him and his three brothers on her own. “It was a complicated decision, but in the end my desire to learn won,” Gabriel Jesus says. For Palmeiras Gabriel Jesus played wide on the left before Cuca, the manager, moved him into the centre with good results: 11 goals in 18 league games.

Source: The Guardian September 21, 2016 09:00 UTC