The Asian Age

JESUS HAS HUGE MURAL painted in Sao Paulo

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Gabriel Jesus has played a key part in Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City masterpiec­e — and now he has one of his own.

The Brazilian internatio­nal posed in front of a huge mural of himself in his old Sao Paulo neighbourh­ood, the Sun reports.

Livewire Jesus, 21, is pictured doing his trademark celebratio­n on the buildings — with a cheeky grin, of course. And he was clearly thrilled with the results as he said thank you on Instagram.

Jesus wrote: “So proud to see this happening back where it all began in my hometown, Jardim Peri.

“Alo Mae!! Thank you @adidasfoot­ball and my neighborho­od.”

Last year, Jesus posted a picture of himself as a kid painting kerbs in his neighbourh­ood.

And the superstar has clearly not forgotten where he comes from despite his rise to fame.

His countrymen must now hope he can shoulder the huge weight of expectatio­n that comes with playing for the Samba Stars in Russia.

After being selected, he beamed about being able to buy his own Panini sticker.

He said: “You get your own and you see everyone talking about it, you see everyone wanting to get your sticker.”

And Jesus may be one of the lucky few who can complete an album with Cardiff University maths whiz Paul Harper claiming finishing the collection would cost £ 773 on average.

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