Oleksandr Zinchenko | Joins Arsenal for £30m

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That's a bit like when the media say City and Liverpool have shared the last 5 PL titles. It’s true but it’s far more one-sided than that. If Cancelo was to get injured and we need 3000+ mins of Ake at LB we will be royally fucked.

Most won’t agree but IMO Zin has been far more important to this side than Ake. I think we should have taken the money for Ake, signed a cheap 4th CB or promoted from within. Used the Ake money to sign Cucurella or AN Other. Started the season with Cancelo, Walker, Zin and the new LB as our full backs.
Sorry mate, but clubs don't build their squad around possible future injuries. We would be much more exposed if Kev or Bernardo would be out, but still we don't have 4 top creative mids right now (but only 3, plus McAtee).

Did you ask yourself for a moment why the club prefers 4 Cbs to 4 FBs? Closing the center has been key in our defensive improvement over the last years.
We can have workarounds on both fullback positions though and it's still enough to win the league, but not enough to win the CL.

Zinny being our swiss knife is a nice idea but bottom line he does NOT play other positions ever than LB and we know he has defensive deficits. As much as I like the lad like most on here, our club has to further improve our superb squad and LB is defo improvable.

Zinny has to think about his career as well and with Cancelo the beast he isn't even our 1st LB and won't be in the future! He needs to play more than just 1,840 minutes per season, that's simply not enough for - as some claim - such a 'cult hero'.
 
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