GABRIEL MAGALHAES has got his sights set on becoming the best defender in the world, and he’s got the vision board to prove it.
The Arsenal star, 28, has become one of the Premier League’s most feared centre-backs in recent seasons but is keen to reach dizzying individual heights beyond what he has already achieved.
Gabriel gave Arsenal fans a glimpse behind the curtain as he shared a video to his social media of him training at home alongside his wife Gabrielle and their daughter.
Eagle-eyed Gooners watching the video spotted that the Brazilian has a ‘vision board’ on the wall of his home gym plastered in affirmations to help him achieve success.
That board contains the phrases “best defender in the world” and “best defence in the world”, while he also underlined “to next level”.
Gabriel has already set records in England with his immense ability from set pieces.
No defender has scored more Premier League goals than him since his arrival in the league in 2020 – having netted TWENTY times.
While he has been at the beating heart of Arsenal’s back line, which has conceded the fewest goals in the league for the past two seasons in a row and looks set to earn that title for a third time running this year.
Fans reckon that Gabriel’s vision board could be the reason behind his sensational form.
On social media, one wrote: “His mentality is what’s keeping him and us going in the up.”
While another gushed: “Textbook elite athlete psychology.”
And a third posted: “What you see you become! No wonder!!”
Gabriel is taking a leaf out of manager Mikel Arteta‘s book of wacky motivational techniques.
Arteta has raised eyebrows with his unconventional approach to management in the past, including hiring pickpockets to steal players’ phones and wallets and blasting You’ll Never Walk Alone during pre-Liverpool training sessions.
While the Gunners boss has also made headlines when he used a lightbulb as a metaphor for teamwork during a team-talk and brought in a club dog named ‘Win’ for the training ground.
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