Out until November with an ACL injury, Gabriel Jesus can’t even smile about his birthday cake.
The Arsenal striker turned 28 on April 3 and took to Instagram to show off his celebrations.
Sharing his day with his 22million followers, it was his most famous one that noticed something a little off colour.
Brazil teammate Neymar posted his wishes, but wrote: “Congrats brother the design of that cake looks weird.”
A second glance at the cake showed two stick figures in unusual positions that Neymar clearly deemed sexual.
“Ahahahhaa I didn’t even want a cake, but my wife made it like that,” Jesus replied.
“I ended up taking a punch ahahahaha.”
Neymar then added: “A punch was the last thing I thought about.”
Jesus has had little to smile about in recent months as he’s been out of action since suffering an ACL injury against Manchester United in the FA Cup on January 12.
It certainly wasn’t a small injury either, with Jesus requiring surgery and he’s not expected back until November.
The news caused havoc to Arsenal’s plans up front, and things only got worse when Kai Havertz joined Jesus in the treatment room.
Bukayo Saka also went down in January, and Gunners manager Mikel Arteta had to plead for support with the transfer window still open.
“My message is clear, we lost two very important players – Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus,” he said at the time.
“So we lack goals, we lack people, we lack options in the front line, it’s clear. If we can get the right player, that’s why we are actively looking at it.
“Because we were very short already, and now we are even shorter, but the team still copes with that. But we have to do what is right for the club.”
Arsenal failed with a £60million offer for Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins, and eventually saw their Premier League title challenge derailed.
However, they’re still alive and fighting in the Champions League, where they face Real Madrid in the quarter finals.
Things aren’t any better on the injury front there, though, with key defender Gabriel Magalhaes also out for the season after undergoing hamstring surgery.
