Arsenal officially announce the signing of Man City’s Oleksandr Zinchenko

Ukrainian worldwide star Oleksandr Zinchenko lastly has an handle in London as Arsenal have formally introduced the signing of the versatile 25-year-old four-time Premier League winner.

Announced via the club’s official website and Twitter account, Zinchenko turns into the fifth signing made by Arsenal technical director Edu Gaspar and supervisor Mikel Arteta this summer time, because the Gunners look to make a critical push for Champions League soccer transferring ahead.

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Zinchenko joins the ranks on the Emirates Stadium behind different key signings Gabriel Jesus and Fábio Vieira, in addition to Brazilian teenager Marquinhos, and American worldwide goalkeeper Matt Turner, taking the membership’s summer time switch spending to a substantial £112m.

In quotes from the membership’s web site, Edu heralded the deal and the participant, stating “I’m very happy to see how we’re working as a staff right here within the membership. We put a plan collectively early and Oleksandr Zinchenko was a major deal with our record.”

“We’re happy to have Alex with us now as a result of he has the attributes which I’m certain are going to place our squad at a special stage.”

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 24: Oleksandr Zinchenko of Manchester Metropolis in the course of the UEFA Champions League group A match between Manchester Metropolis and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) at Etihad Stadium on November 24, 2021 in Manchester, United Kingdom. (Picture by John Berry/Getty Photographs)

Able to taking part in a distinguished function as both a left-sided 8 in midfield, as a left-back, and even additional ahead in a central attacking function, Zinchenko boasts a flexible participant profile that’s on the coronary heart of the recruitment remit championed by Arteta this summer time at Arsenal.

The Gunners boss additionally spoke out concerning the finished deal after working instantly with Zinchenko throughout his tenure on Pep Guardiola’s administration workers as an assistant at Manchester Metropolis.

“We’re so pleased Alex has joined us. He’s a participant that I personally know rather well and continued to comply with him after my time at Manchester Metropolis. Alex is a high-quality participant who will give us choices and flexibility.”

“It’s not solely in regards to the positions he can play however as nicely, the flexibility he’ll give us in assault and protection. Alex is an individual with nice human qualities and character, and I’m delighted that everybody has made this big effort to deliver Alex to the membership.”

With Arsenal mentioned to nonetheless be within the working for additional offers, presumably for considered one of Leicester Metropolis’s Youri Tielemans or Olympique Lyonnais’ Lucas Paqueta, hypothesis persists concerning what capability Zinchenko might be deployed in for Arsenal, but it surely stays evident that his function might be an essential one because the 2022-23 Premier League season lurks simply across the nook.

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This text was edited by
Conor Laird.