Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus may play in a behind-closed-doors friendly as he steps up his recovery from a long-term knee injury.

Jesus ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in an FA Cup tie against Manchester United back in January and underwent surgery.

The Brazilian international has not played since, but is now back in full training and Mikel Arteta has explained how Arsenal will look to gradually increase his workload.

Those plans may include the club organising a friendly to be played at their London Colney training ground in the coming weeks.

“[He is doing] very good,” Arteta said of Jesus ahead of Sunday’s north London derby against Tottenham. “He is doing everything with the team at the moment, for the last almost two weeks.

“We are going to give him some exposure in

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