Gabriel Jesus targets Premier League title after winning Brazilian Serie A

Gabriel Jesus has set his sights on winning the Premier League after clinching the Brazilian championship with Palmeiras.

The Brazil forward, 19, will join up with new side Manchester City in January after signing a five-year deal with the club in August. He remained on loan at Palmeiras until the end

of the Brazilian championship and was in tears on Sunday as they won a record ninth title with a 1-0 home victory over Chapecoense.

Gabriel Jesus, who also won Olympic gold for Brazil in the summer, is now hoping to make an impact for Pep Guardiola’s side.

“Here in Brazil I got the habit of winning titles, now I hope there are many more to celebrate in the future,” he told reporters on the pitch during the postmatch celebrations.

Gabriel Jesus is regarded as one of the most exciting talents to emerge from Brazil in recent years and City fought off competition from clubs including Manchester United, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain to sign him.

He has now made six appearances for Brazil, scoring five goals, with the Selecao on course to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.

But he vowed to return to Palmeiras in the future as he waved goodbye to 40,000 fans at the Allianz Parque in Sao Paulo after claiming their first title in 22 years.

“Unfortunately this was my last game here,” he said. “This is not goodbye, this is a ‘see you later.'”