{"id":586,"date":"2026-09-01T15:47:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=586"},"modified":"2026-09-01T15:47:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:47:54","slug":"for-me-this-is-a-dream-gabriel-jesus-reveals-he-accepted-a-significant-pay-cut-to-join-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=586","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;For me this is a dream&#8217; &#8211; Gabriel Jesus reveals he accepted a &#8220;significant&#8221; pay cut to join Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p><span>Jesus has officially been unveiled as a Barcelona player, completing a move that the striker described as a long-held ambition. The former Arsenal and Manchester City man has arrived in Catalonia to bolster a revamped attacking unit, with the club confirming the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/news\/officially-barcelona-sign-gabriel-jesus\/blt40077704d62f2782\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\"><span>Brazilian forward has joined the ranks<\/span><\/a><span> during the final stages of the summer transfer window.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The 29-year-old was candid about the financial aspects of the deal, acknowledging that he had to lower his salary to facilitate the transfer from the Emirates Stadium. &#8220;Yes that I went down, significantly, but for me this is a dream,&#8221; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sport\/status\/2094785219840684248\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\"><span>Jesus explained during his first official press conference<\/span><\/a><span>. &#8220;Not only me, Bar\u00e7a has made a great effort so that this recruitment could happen.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The striker noted that while the possibility of the move seemed remote just a few weeks ago, he felt a spiritual guidance toward the project. &#8220;If you had asked me a month ago, this possibility would have seemed very unlikely. But God is watching over me. At 29 years old, and after everything that&#8217;s happened these past two years, having the chance to play for Barca is only thanks to God. I&#8217;m excited and I always want to help. When I found out I could come here, I knew I wanted to play for Barca,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus has officially been unveiled as a Barcelona player, completing a move that the striker&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-laliga"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2292483403-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}