A very good player, technically gifted, rarely gave the ball away and nearly always found a blue shirt. Combine that with a great attitude, determination and humility and its easy to see why he became a fans favourite. Playing out of his natural position, he was always going to have the odd poor performance, what player wouldn’t, but with his ability and attitude he rarely let us down and more than played his part in all of our trophies.
Have we had or will we have a better left back - most probably. Will we have one who is more popular or respected - I very much doubt It.
No need to hope he gets he gets a good reception when he comes back to the Etihad - as with Gabby and Raheem, Zinny will get the rousing standing ovation that his contribution richly deserves.
Once a blue always a blue!