Arsenal centre-back Gabriel put in another impressive display in the 2-1 win against West Ham yesterday evening.
The Brazilian does not look fazed at all by the physicality of the Premier League and, despite having only played two games for the Gunners, he already looks very much at home in the heart of the London club’s defence.
Gabriel only cost £25m from Lille in the summer and supporters on Twitter believe the defender could well have a very bright future at the Emirates:
Gonna be our next koscielny, bright future ahead for gabriel..
— Philadelphia 419er⛷? (@philly419er) September 20, 2020
This guy was ROCK yesterday. Nothing passed him
— THE_RÚNSÈWÉ ● (@runsewe_dolapo) September 20, 2020
Beast
— DavidOmaset (@DavidOmaset) September 20, 2020
Good player
— razan sinan (@razan_56s) September 20, 2020
He needs to pair him with saliba and then we would be stronger
— Ali (@Mercs107s) September 20, 2020
Rejected United while they have to stick with Lindeof and Marguire. You'd absolutely love to see it
— JM (@JackMasterFr) September 20, 2020
Wish we played saliba next to him tho that’ll be a deadly duo?
— finley walker (@finleyw04) September 20, 2020
need saliba + david luiz to get in the 3
— stim (@Rindousan2nd) September 20, 2020
One of beautiful things happened to Arsenal for years. Gabi is a beast
— Lac♣️Auba⚡️A_la_Pepe Avec Partey (@AubaLac) September 20, 2020
There are a lot of fans who would love to see the Brazilian partnered with William Saliba but, as manager Mikel Arteta has explained recently, that is unlikely to happen for a while. Even so, he has already had a good impact on the defence alongside the likes of Rob Holding, Kieran Tierney and Sead Kolasinac and, with David Luiz also back to fitness, Arteta has a wealth of options to choose from at the back.