Oleksandr Zinchenko | Joins Arsenal for £30m

[Stoned Rose]

I love Zinchenko, both on on and off the pitch, but people need to be realistic about him.

As long as he's been here, Pep has never shown any inclination of even considering to use him in midfield on the wing. He's a makeshift left back, a tidy player but one with some deficiencies that can't be ignored.

Is he a great guy? Absolutely. Is he easy to root for? 100%. Does he give it all for the shirt? He does, and I admire that, but stick me out there at LB and I'd give everything I had as well, and trust me that wouldn't end well.

If Cucurella is coming in, it doesn't make sense for player or club to have Zin as a 3rd choice left back.

Can’t really argue with that.

 

[alexmcity]

We'll never know. I disagree, he's the ideal Pep player that he would be after, and if he played for another club the same people pissing on him here would be creaming themselves at the prospect of a versatile, flexible, reaonably creative warrior of a player that can pass just like pep wants.

We literally agreed to sell him to Wolves 2 years ago. For 16m, IIRC. He isn't 'the ideal Pep player'. He is no Bernardo or Rodri.

 

[St.Pauli support]

We'll never know. I disagree, he's the ideal Pep player that he would be after, and if he played for another club the same people pissing on him here would be creaming themselves at the prospect of a versatile, flexible, reaonably creative warrior of a player that can pass just like pep wants.

But if Pep wouldn't see any deficits (you didn't name any) he would get a contract extension til 2027 and be on 150k minimum. He isn't. Why?

 

[SWP's back]

We'll never know. I disagree, he's the ideal Pep player that he would be after, and if he played for another club the same people pissing on him here would be creaming themselves at the prospect of a versatile, flexible, reaonably creative warrior of a player that can pass just like pep wants.

I don’t think so at all. He’s no a left back but has done very well to play there for as long as he has for City. He’s very limited and gets ripped apart when attacked. He’s a top bloke and he has more heart than 90% of the team but run his career 100 times and in 90 of them he doesn’t stay at City as long as he has. He follows any number of CFG players than City sign and never play a dozen games for us.

If he was the ideal Pep player then we wouldn’t be replacing him at 25 and we wouldn’t have agreed a fee with Wolves for him two years ago.

I admire your obvious loyalty to players as they leave City but it’s sadly likely very one sided but fair fucks to you for feeling what you do about so many of our players.

 

[citytill1die84]

Shame for Zin I like the guy a lot but if Cucorella comes in he's more than likely going to go to 3rd choice at LB as Pep prefers Cancelo. I know he's been told he can play up top but honestly don't see him getting many chances :(

He'll leave IMHO.

 

[Coatigan]

We literally agreed to sell him to Wolves 2 years ago. For 16m, IIRC. He isn't 'the ideal Pep player'. He is no Bernardo or Rodri.

4 years ago. before he broke into the team and signed a new contract.

Are those two the only Pep players? If you watched him play, you would see that everything he does is exactly what Pep wants from a player.

 

[LongsightM13]

I'm convinced this is why Pep kept playing him last year despite his shocking form. He knows that he won't take it on the chin like other will.

‘Shocking form?’
He made PFA team of the season playing on his ‘wrong’ side, even ahead of ‘der best left back in der weerld’

 

[WallyA]

I'm just gonna hope for the opposite to happen.

5 years extension with a proper increaase of his measly wage to 100k/week.

Would be stupid to sell Zinchenko.

 

[SWP's back]

So pleased we have professionals in charge.

 

[bobmcfc]

I reckon arsenal can fuck off the cheap bastards