Shirt sales for Arsenal defender Gabriel increased by 350 per cent after the centre-back missed a crucial penalty in his side’s Champions League final defeat on Saturday.
Gabriel, 28, took the final penalty in the shootout, but his effort went over the bar, and Paris Saint-Germain were crowned Champions League winners for the second consecutive season.
However, despite the disappointment for the Brazilian, fans have responded by buying his shirt en masse. The 28-year-old became the top-selling name printed on shirts over the weekend.
At one point, sales of the Brazil international’s shirt doubled those of any other shirt being sold.
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🚨 Since his penalty miss in the #UCL final, Arsenal supporters have made Gabriel the top-selling shirt name at the club.
His printed name is up 350% since Saturday’s final. At one stage he was outselling any other name x2.
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Congratulations to Arsenal, the players and the fans for winning the league title.
Especially to Mikel Arteta. You always believed in the club and worked harder than anyone to achieve this. You deserve it, boss.
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For everyone who suffered through 8-2.
For everyone who half 6 at Stamford Bridge in Wenger’s 1,000th game.
For everyone who suffered through Baku.
For everyone who had to go to school after conceding 10 to Bayern.
Today is for you. Drink it all in. We deserve this.
You really don’t understand what this means to me. From going to school on a Monday morning after being obliterated 8-2 in 2011. From eating 10-2 on aggregate in 2017 and leaving the tv room with blurry vision. From finishing my dissertation in tears after 4-1 in Baku in 2019.