Oleksandr Zinchenko | Joins Arsenal for £30m

[Blue Coop]

£16M would be solid business. He’s had a decent season playing at LB, but chances are he won’t feature much this year which means his resale value is about as high as it’ll get this summer in this squad.

It sounds as though we’ll spend £110M odd on Mahrez and Jorginho. If we can trim the edges of the squad with a few sales to bring our net spend right down then we can probably win the league this season with focus on bigger spending next summer, when we’ll probably have to start looking to replace Aguero and reassess the squad another year on.

 

[twosips]

My friend works for city and said he's possibly the nicest lad in the squad. Those weather comments were tongue in cheek humour. He's lovely and he is actually happy here. Worth bearing in mind before anyone gives him a hard time...

 

[Adamb95]

Not particularly happy to see him go, but can certainly see him doing a job for Wolves. Would also be good to see him play as a No.10 more regularly.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

My friend works for city and said he's possibly the nicest lad in the squad. Those weather comments were tongue in cheek humour. He's lovely and he is actually happy here. Worth bearing in mind before anyone gives him a hard time...

I don't doubt that.

His best position is where we have our own youth players coming through (although maybe none as clearly left sided). It seems a decent deal all round to me. £16m for a player with 500mins of Premier league football is crazy really.

 

[BerkshireBlue]

He's played very well this season. I'm surprised at this news especially as he was key for us for a few months when Delph and Mendy out.

 

[nmc]

What did we pay for him? Just trying to work out if we’d make a net profit on the £16m. I assume we will

 

[domalino]

What did we pay for him? Just trying to work out if we’d make a net profit on the £16m. I assume we will

We paid £1.7m in 2016

 

[schfc6]

What did we pay for him? Just trying to work out if we’d make a net profit on the £16m. I assume we will

Think it was about £1m.

Good & fair deal all round. Cheap signing, got a good loan, then good minutes and a career making move to the Premier League.
Good deal for him, good deal for City & City look like we're helping players develops a career.

 

[whp.blue]

one good thing is I won't mistake KDB this season.

 

[Marvin]

Let's see if he goes. He's only 21. He might conclude that he can afford to give it another season at City and see how it goes. His game developed hugely last season. Probably one of the surprises of our season.

City could probably be OK if we let him go, but it's a risk because Mendy's injury was severe and we don' have left sided cover. Delph was a bonus but for me he doesn't overlap in the way Zinchenko was able to do, and Laporte did not look comfortable at all at left back. I think he's better at left midfield than at left back but I don't think people realise what an amazing season he had for a 21 year old in what was effectively his debut season in a top flight league.

 

[hammocity]

Will be a great player and can see him ending up at a top Italian team, I would have said 25m minimum. Compare, 12m initial fee for Zinchenko with, 22.5m for James Maddison, Wolves are stealing him at that price, guaranteed future 40m player.

 

[St.Pauli support]

If we want to strengthen our squad
by adding Jorginho and Mahrez
we need 2 foreign spots.
Yaya is out.
Who else than Zinchenko could be the other one to leave?

I like that lad as well but we have to move on and we have enough and homegrown cover at LB and even more so in midfield.

He would have gone last year if bloody Sanchez had arrived, and he was part of a great season.

We can cheer him wherever he is.

 

[ganganvince]

Nah, I’d be surprised if there was a buy back on this one, he will never be a world beater.

Nice lad but unlikely to make it at what is now our level sell on more appropriate in this case.

 

[johnmc]

guaranteed future 40m player.

Maybe but certainly not guaranteed

 

[Tevez City]

I hope he do well with Wolves.

Good luck Zinchenko

 

[Marvin]

If we want to strengthen our squad
by adding Jorginho and Mahrez
we need 2 foreign spots.
Yaya is out.
Who else than Zinchenko could be the other one to leave?

I like that lad as well but we have to move on and we have enough and homegrown cover at LB and even more so in midfield.

He would have gone last year if bloody Sanchez had arrived, and he was part of a great season.

We can cheer him wherever he is.

if that is the case then it makes a lot more sense.

 

[Otamendi's Beard]

Will be a great player and can see him ending up at a top Italian team, I would have said 25m minimum. Compare, 12m initial fee for Zinchenko with, 22.5m for James Maddison, Wolves are stealing him at that price, guaranteed future 40m player.

This is mostly true. Should've commanded £20m.

I think he's decent and has good potential, but it's unlikely we'll miss him or he'll become a great.

 

[blueju]

Zinchenko has never stepped foot in the academy!

We bought him when he's already been playing senior football in Russia, loaned him to PSV for a season and then he spent a season in the first team.

Sorry, I'm a bit out of the loop after 12 years in Oz. Safe to say City have developed him though

 

[FantasyIreland]

What's the point in even having an academy?? Disgraceful....!!

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Can we afford to let him go?

Good young player. Effective cover on the left.

Not convinced yet that Mendy has recovered and Delph can't overlap. If we let Zinchenko go, I think we will need to bring in another left sided player. Could we get a better player who would be happy to understudy for Mendy and Sane?

That’s really not the issue here. There’s simply no space in the squad for him after Jorginho and Mahrez.