Fernandinho likes Man City striker Gabriel Jesus' mentality
Tuesday 7 February 2017 19:18, UK
Fernandinho has praised the mental strength of team-mate Gabriel Jesus after his explosive start to life at Manchester City.
Newly signed Jesus has hit the ground running and scored three goals and provided two assists in four games since arriving from Brazilian side Palmeiras last month, fresh from helping Brazil to Olympic gold.
It has been an impressive beginning to his City career and Fernandinho is determined to help the 19-year-old forward to continue to flourish.
The 31-year-old midfielder said: "He has been a professional footballer for just two years, so he is starting very, very, very young.
"We were happy for his incredible performances for the national team and for his club, where he won a few titles, and now he has come here and started to score goals.
"I hope he can keep that level at least until the end of the season. As a young player you can sometimes drop your level.
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"He can play amazing, but he is good because his mentality is good, on the same level all the time - he is stable.
"We can help him stay at this level until the end of the season, and if he does everyone will be happy. If he scores more goals for us, I'll be the first to be happy."
Fernandinho is not the first City player to speak out over his young team-mate with Yaya Toure urging caution over his development saying "City should not get too excited about Jesus".
City, 10 points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea, travel to Bournemouth on Monday, live on Sky Sports 1 from 7.30pm.
