Sept 1 (Reuters) - Spanish champions ⁠Barcelona have signed Brazilian forward Gabriel Jesus ⁠from Arsenal on a three-year contract, the clubs said ‌on Tuesday.

Neither club disclosed financial details of the deal, though British media reported Barcelona paid about £8.6 million ($11.5 million) for the 29-year-old.

Jesus is ​Barcelona's sixth signing of the transfer ⁠window following the arrivals ⁠of Anthony Gordon, Karim Adeyemi, Rodri, Joao Cancelo and goalkeeper ⁠Dominik ‌Livakovic.

The signing comes amid speculation over Barcelona's interest in Atletico Madrid striker Julian Alvarez, with ⁠Atletico unwilling to sell the Argentine international ​to their domestic ‌rivals.

Jesus leaves Arsenal after four seasons in north ⁠London, having ​joined from Manchester City in 2022. He made 123 appearances in all competitions for the London club, scoring 32 goals, ⁠and appeared 27 times during their ​Premier League title-winning campaign last season.

However, he had slipped down the pecking order at the club, with Kai Havertz ⁠and Viktor Gyokeres preferred in attack.

Before moving to Arsenal, Jesus won four Premier League titles during a six-year spell at Manchester City, where he scored 95 goals in ​236 appearances across all competitions.

Jesus ⁠made more than 200 Premier League appearances and scored over ​70 league goals.

Arsenal also announced the ‌departure of midfielder Fabio Vieira, ​who has joined German club Hamburg.

(Reporting by Karan Prashant Saxena in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)