Jesus is thought to have rejected the latest offer from City worth £90,000 a week

Gabriel Jesus has decided to put contract talks with Manchester City on hold after rejecting the club’s latest offer.

Despite only joining the club from Palmeiras in January 2017, City opened talks with the 20-year-old over a new deal in December because they wanted to reward him for his impressive start at the Etihad Stadium.

But three months on, the two sides are yet to reach an agreement and the striker has decided to postpone discussions until after the World Cup so he can focus on leading Brazil’s attack in Russia.

It is understood that Jesus knocked back City’s latest offer, worth around £90,000 per week, earlier this month. The offer represented a pay rise of around 40 per cent as Jesus is on around