Why did we let Zinchenko go?

[remember arthur mann]

I think we assumed we would get Cucerella.

Dodged a bullet with that one.

 

[cbl]

i’ll never forget him draping the ukrainian flag over the PL trophy back in may and just seeing the heartbreak and elation on his face at the same time.

always think he was massively underrated by some fans on here. i think he was and is a class footballer who brings a lot to the table. still gutted we sold him.

 

[Trojan1962]

I think he’s the oldest player in the Arsenal team at 26.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Well liked, a positive character, technically gifted, battler, yeh off you go ..... and to a rival Genius.

 

[remember arthur mann]

i’ll never forget him draping the ukrainian flag over the PL trophy back in may and just seeing the heartbreak and elation on his face at the same time.

always think he was massively underrated by some fans on here. i think he was and is a class footballer who brings a lot to the table. still gutted we sold him.

Don't forget we have our fair share of armchair supporter's, who don't go to the match and of those that do, some are half cut.

 

[Cityfan]

I think he’s the oldest player in the Arsenal team at 26.

Xhaka is older, was very disappointed when we sold him, I could understand the decision if we had bought another left back, but it was daft without an agreement from Brighton for Cucurella.

 

[East Level 2]

Arrogance, thought we could replace him with a kid from the Belgian league

compounded the error by not having a player lined up when cucurella went south

We thought we had Cucurella. The kid from the Belgian league was a panic signing. Total balls up from City.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

He didn’t want to be a bit-part player for City, I think he started just 9 games in the Prem for us last season. He wanted to leave.

Our two mistakes were:

1. Not so much letting him go, he wasn’t great for us (good, yes, but on the biggest occasions he wasn’t that good… EFL Cup final v Chelsea, Community Shield against Liverpool and the Champions League final he had poor games and showed we needed someone better, even the FA Cup final he was nearly at fault for us going 1-0 down but Ederson saved it)… it’s that we haven’t signed someone better than him.

Gomez is one of the weakest players we’ve bought since the takeover.

2. We let him go to a direct rival. Arsenal have been the biggest spenders in the country since Arteta went there and they aren’t going to stop. So why on Earth did we sell two players to them making them stronger? Napoli, Milan, Inter, Dortmund, Atlético, RealSoc, Villarreal, Monaco, Marseille etc. yeah, but why a direct rival in our own league? As much as he wasn’t top class for us in the top class games against the top class teams, he (and Gabi) made Arsenal’s unit stronger.

Very poor stuff from City.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Maybe we can give them Rodri next season, or Alvarez to Liverpool.

 

[sh249]

Don’t think anyone really knows just how set he was on leaving / whether we could have done more to persuade him to stay. But he’s a class player - so comfortable on the ball in tight spaces, very good in his choice of pass. A real asset in terms of building up from the back and playing through the lines. Lack of pace an obvious issue at times, but his strengths massively outweigh his weaknesses.
Gutted when he went - even more so now, given how much we’ve struggled at left-back.