{"id":615189,"date":"2022-07-22T15:56:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T19:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=615189"},"modified":"2022-07-22T15:56:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T19:56:38","slug":"arsenal-complete-signing-versatile-manchester-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/22\/arsenal-complete-signing-versatile-manchester-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal Complete Signing of Versatile Manchester City Full-Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenal.com\/oleksandr-zinchenko-joins-arsenal-manchester-city-transfer\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced a deal<\/a> to sign versatile Manchester City full-back Oleksandr Zinchenko. The Ukraine international becomes the fifth signing of the transfer window so far for the Gunners.<\/p>\n<p>The versatile left-sided player has played for City since June 2016 and made 128 appearances for the club before his departure.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenal.com\/oleksandr-zinchenko-joins-arsenal-manchester-city-transfer\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">arsenal.com<\/a>: &#8220;We\u2019re so happy Alex has joined us. He\u2019s a player that I personally know really well and continued to follow him after my time at Manchester City. Alex is a high-quality player who will give us options and versatility&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Arsenal Sign Versatile Manchester City Full-Back Oleksandr Zinchenko<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udc9b\ud83d\udda4 Welcome, Alex \ud83d\udda4\ud83d\udc9b<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arsenal (@Arsenal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arsenal\/status\/1550526088190861313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Signing Spree<\/h3>\n<p>Zinchenko is the fifth new addition of the summer for Mikel Arteta&#8217;s side. He follows Gabriel Jesus out the door at the Etihad Stadium and joins other newcomers Marquinhos, Matt Turner, and Fabio Viera. A clear effort has been made to shore up the defence and add some firepower to the squad to improve the side.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/08\/jack-wilshere-arsenal-retirement\/\" target=\"_self\">Former Arsenal Midfielder Forced to Take Premature Retirement Due to Injuries<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The club are aiming to improve upon a fifth-place finish in the league last season in order to get back to Champions League football. With their competitors all strengthening these signings have been necessary.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udd8a\ud83d\udcc4<\/p>\n<p>Part of the family \ud83d\udda4 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x4222gS0t9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/x4222gS0t9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arsenal (@Arsenal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arsenal\/status\/1550539653534875648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Manchester City Line Up Replacement<\/h3>\n<p>While the 25-year-old offered a lot of versatility, his former team have not waited around to eye up a replacement. Pep Guardiola&#8217;s team are already reported by Fabrizio Romano to be <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1550208944886480897\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">showing keen interest in Marc Cucurella<\/a>\u00a0from Brighton &amp; Hove Albion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/18\/every-premier-league-transfer-completed-in-summer-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Every Premier League Transfer Completed in Summer 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Spanish player doesn&#8217;t offer the versatility that Zinchenko does but he is an excellent deputy for the left-back spot. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1550526972341751809\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano reports<\/a> that the fee for the Ukrainian is in the region of \u00a330 million (plus \u00a32 million in add-ons) which could all be put towards signing his replacement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal have announced a deal to sign versatile Manchester City full-back Oleksandr Zinchenko. The Ukraine international becomes the fifth signing of the transfer window so far for the Gunners. The versatile left-sided player has played for City since June 2016 and made 128 appearances for the club before his departure. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta told [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2013,"featured_media":615193,"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":[3,8,17,28],"tags":[3216],"class_list":["post-615189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-arsenal","category-manchester-city","category-transfers","tag-oleksandr-zinchenko"],"modified_by":"Jordan Hackett, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615189","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=615189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}