Oleksandr Zinchenko | Joins Arsenal for £30m

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It's not even meant to be. The guy's literally given blood, sweat and tears for us and could be getting paid more and playing more at another club after declining at least two moves to Betis and Wolves.

Just look at his reaction and words after the Villa game.

If people want to say that playing for a professional club is a strictly transactional thing and that no players can form a genuine emotional bond with a club then I'd tell them they're being overly cynical.

Sure, it's rare but that's what makes it so special.
Then it would help if you read my actual post rather than misquote me:

I also feel that many players in this sport don’t deserve the fans they have as they see their career as being purely transactional. Very very few professionals care as much about the team as the average fan does.

Zinchenko appears to be one of those but if he decides to leave then it won’t weaken us, in my opinion.

I do literally state that I don’t think it is just transactional for Zinchenko, but he’s not a left back and we need a new one anyway to be back at a full complement of four. Whether he then leaves will be as up to him as it is up to Pep.
 
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It’s not as simple as that though.

If we keep Zinchenko and Cancelo at left back, we’ve got a damn good chance of retaining the league.

Replacing Zinchenko with Cucurella doesn’t guarantee anything more.

I’ve not dismissed your opinion, I’m asking you to explain why you think we need to replace OZ with MC.

If MC comes in and plays the majority of matches, that impacts KW and Cancelo. How happy will they be playing 30% less?

Its all hypothetical at this stage, but upsetting our two right backs might be as counter productive as buying a slightly better left back who has to play more.
That’s the worst reasoning I’ve seen to not upgrade our left back.
 
You know who wasn’t in the squads last year.
He was at the outset, got suspended, and his spot was left open...if not for his troubles the plan was to go with 4 FBs...when Cucurella comes on board its back to 4...if Zinchenko leaves he'll be replaced...possibly by Kabore...possibly by a new aquisition...
 
He was at the outset, got suspended, and his spot was left open...if not for his troubles the plan was to go with 4 FBs...when Cucurella comes on board its back to 4...if Zinchenko leaves he'll be replaced...possibly by Kabore...possibly by a new aquisition...
No, he was never named in our squad for last season as they are registered at the end of the transfer window.
 
That’s the worst reasoning I’ve seen to not upgrade our left back.
You know second best behind Bill.

Liked by another guy who doesn’t show reasoning, just lives on their persona.

Would you like to show statistically how Cucurella wasn’t better offensively than Zinchenko last season too?
 
Was he named in any of our squads last season, given they were finalised after he was charged?
He was registered played one league game and then got suspended after he was charged. If we didn't register him for that then we would of been big trouble from the Premier League.
 
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