{"id":615009,"date":"2022-07-19T10:35:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T14:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=615009"},"modified":"2022-07-19T10:35:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T14:35:46","slug":"arsenal-final-details-oleksandr-zinchenko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/19\/arsenal-final-details-oleksandr-zinchenko\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal Preparing Final Details to Sign Oleksandr Zinchenko"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/14\/arsenal-target-oleksandr-zinchenko\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal<\/a> are set to complete another signing in this window, if reports from Fabrizio Romano are to be believed. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1549297235711692802\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Romano&#8217;s first update stated<\/a> that the club were scheduling medicals as well as an official contract to offer <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/16\/oleksandr-zinchenko-on-verge-of-leaving-manchester-city-for-premier-league-rivals\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester City<\/a>&#8216;s Oleksandr Zinchenko.<\/p>\n<p>That initial report puts the fee for the player at \u00a330 million with the player eager to work with Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta. Romano <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1549348380509446147\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">followed up<\/a> with a report that The Gunners are already planning the unveiling of their new signings with a medical set to begin soon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Arsenal are already preparing official contracts and then schedule medical tests for Oleksandr Zinchenko. Deal in place for \u00a330m fee with Man City &#8211; player accepted as he&#39;s happy to work again with Arteta. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83e\udd1d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AFC<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Man City, prepared to push on Cucurella in the coming days. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4ySogcGKgG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/4ySogcGKgG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1549297235711692802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Arsenal Closing In on Oleksandr Zinchenko<\/h2>\n<h3>Defensive Signing<\/h3>\n<p>With this signing, Arteta&#8217;s side have added a defender to their squad, which is something they have been after for the duration of the window. Initially, the club were linked with Lisandro Martinez but the Argentine defender <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/17\/lisandro-martinez-joins-manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">ended up at Manchester United<\/a> for a much higher fee than Zinchenko costs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/14\/arsenal-target-oleksandr-zinchenko\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal Focus On Signing Versatile Manchester City Star After Missing Out on Ajax Defender<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old Ukrainian has been with Manchester City since 2016 and, after a loan spell in Holland, solidified a spot for himself in the squad. In five seasons with the Manchester side, he made 128 appearances across all competitions, occasionally stepping into midfield where needed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 \ud835\udc01\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc0a\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc06: Arsenal have reached an agreement in principle  with Oleksandr Zinchenko over a four-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>Man City will receive a \u00a330m fee + \u00a32m in add ons.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@David_Ornstein<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PEYvH81laV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/PEYvH81laV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeadlineDayLive\/status\/1549101624676585472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Who Will Replace the Versatile Star?<\/h3>\n<p>The reigning Premier League Champions are not waiting around as they have reportedly already set their sights on a replacement for the 2019 Ukrainian Footballer of the Year. Romano&#8217;s initial report mentions<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/18\/manchester-city-target-marc-cucurella\/\" target=\"_self\"> Marc Cucurella<\/a> as the current target. The Spanish left-back has impressed at Brighton &amp; Hove Albion since joining in 2021 and at just 23 years old, still has time to develop his game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/16\/oleksandr-zinchenko-on-verge-of-leaving-manchester-city-for-premier-league-rivals\/\" target=\"_self\">Oleksandr Zinchenko on Verge of Leaving Manchester City for Premier League Rivals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Top clubs don&#8217;t waste any time and Pep Guardiola&#8217;s team will likely move fast to replace their Arsenal-bound defender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are set to complete another signing in this window, if reports from Fabrizio Romano are to be believed. Romano&#8217;s first update stated that the club were scheduling medicals as well as an official contract to offer Manchester City&#8216;s Oleksandr Zinchenko. That initial report puts the fee for the player at \u00a330 million with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2013,"featured_media":615019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,2,17,3,7188],"tags":[3190,7483,3216],"class_list":["post-615009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-featured","category-manchester-city","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-arsenal-transfer-news","tag-manchester-city-transfer-rumours","tag-oleksandr-zinchenko"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}