Oleksandr Zinchenko | Joins Arsenal for £30m

[grim up north]

I must of imagined the last 6 years then!

You must have a great imagination, he is a midfield player playing as a full back, love the lad to bits but he is not a fullback he has done a good job of imitating one tho

 

[its a Barm]

Keep him is what I say

 

[DeBlueLou]

Cucurella for Zinny T
orres for Ake
Kabore kept in the squad to allow Cancelo to play both sides?

Would be a smart move to keep Kabore id Zinny goes because the fullback depth was a massive issues the past season. A CB and LB in with either Kabore or Couto sticking around covers that issue.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Genuinely curious - would you mind linking or pointing me in the direction of those stats? Trying to educate myself on his game and honestly have really only see the base assists/tackles which really doesn't say much

Well, those are the stats from the people championing Cucurella over Zinchenko, both in here and in the It’s Quiet Thread.

The number of chances they create are similar per 90 minutes, with Zinchenko assisting 4 times to Cucurella’s 2.

Zinchenko also averages more progressive passes per 90 minute.

His defensive stats aren’t as good as Cucurella, but his attacking ones at least equal Cucurella’s and sometimes exceed.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Well than you're clueless...

I’m happy enough with the stats that have been quoted by people saying Cucrella is better as the stats don’t back that up.

 

[waspish]

Mainly looking at stats of two players is a waste of time when one been managed by Pep and other not!

 

[Cobwebcat]

Genuinely curious - would you mind linking or pointing me in the direction of those stats? Trying to educate myself on his game and honestly have really only see the base assists/tackles which really doesn't say much

Try

https://fbref.com/en/

 

[JewelZee]

I’m happy enough with the stats that have been quoted by people saying Cucrella is better as the stats don’t back that up.

I'm not going to argue with you...if you think Zinny is a better LB than Cucurella, then God bless you...in the eyes of those that rate footballers for a living its not even close...

 

[bondsman]

Haven’t seen enough of Cucurella to say he’s better than Zinchenko but in my opinion we’d be crazy to let the lad go. He literally took that Villa game by scruff of the neck and changed it from left back which according to some in here he’s not. He’s always played lb for us and let us down very very few times be a big loss and massively improve Arsenal

 

[VinceYoungisaBLUE]

Just do not see any positives for this one. He can play anywhere, never complains, has the heart of a lion, and a damn good footballer to top it all off.

Think we will regret this one, unless he's asking to leave which I don't believe is the case