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On Zinchenko linking up with his new team-mates…įor sure, part of our plan is to try and sign the players as soon as we can to have all the players together in the pre-season. So, it's really nice to see the way we're working today. That's the teamwork, you know and I'm so proud because I can see the plan that we did six or seven months ago happening today in the right way. As I started saying to you, I'm pleased because when we plan something and we've been very proactive to start to do things and we have a lot of support from the club, from the owners, from everybody around us to stick to the plan and go for the players that we target. On the signing fitting into our transfer strategy… So yeah, of course Mikel and myself had a big discussion about him as well. As I mentioned, characteristics, the mentality, the commitment of the players, this is so important to understand before you really go into target the players. Every single player that we target, we discuss a lot every single point. On speaking to Mikel about the Zinchenko…įor sure, for sure. So that's why Zinchenko was the one who ticked the box of what we were really looking for. That's something we have to be really careful about. That of course helps us to make the decisions because sometimes you can have a very good player, but sometimes they don't have the mentality that we are looking for. Zinchenko has exactly what we need because Mikel has worked with him before and they know each other very well.

For that, for sure we need good characters, good guys and someone who has a big personality as well to help us to be there. It's important to have these important guys in the squad, because we have a very exciting future to put the club in the right way. That's what we're looking for more and more because it's so important to have a player that has the characteristics that we're looking for, but also the mentality of the players.

We've been very proactive to start to talk to the agents, to start to talk to Man City and we are pleased to have the player here because he has the attributes which I am sure are going to put our squad in a different level. We put a plan together and some plans in place and Zinchenko was on the list. I'm very pleased to see how we're working as a team here in the club.

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We spoke to our technical director Edu to discuss the latest signing, and the club’s next moves in the transfer market. It’s been a busy transfer window so far, with five players joining the club in the past five weeks. The transfer is subject to the completion of regulatory processes. His squad number will be announced in due course.Įveryone at Arsenal welcomes Alex and his family to the club. He joins Gabriel Jesus, Marquinhos, Matt Turner and Fabio Vieira as new arrivals to the club.Īlex has already joined up with the squad at our pre-season training camp in Orlando. Alex is a person with great human qualities and character, and I’m delighted that everyone has made this huge effort to bring Alex to the club.”Īlex becomes our fifth new signing into our men’s first team squad this pre-season. It's not only about the positions he can play but as well, the versatility he will give us in attack and defence. Alex is a high quality player who will give us options and versatility. He’s a player that I personally know really well and continued to follow him after my time at Manchester City. Mikel Arteta added: “We’re so happy Alex has joined us. We’re pleased to have Alex with us now because he has the attributes which I’m sure are going to put our squad at a different level.”

We put a plan together early and Oleksandr Zinchenko was a main focus on our list. Technical Director Edu said: “I'm very pleased to see how we're working as a team here in the club. He has also won the FA Cup once and played in the 2021 UEFA Champions League final. Left-sided player Alex, who is comfortable operating in midfield and defence, has won both the Premier League and League Cup four times. After 31 appearances with FC Ufa, he signed for Manchester City in June 2016, spending the 2016/17 on loan at Dutch side PSV Eindhoven, before returning to City the following season. The 25-year-old brings huge experience of the Premier League and international football to our squad, having made 128 appearances for Manchester City and playing 52 times for his country Ukraine.Īlex developed through the youth academy at Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk, moving to FC Ufa in Russia in 2015. Oleksandr Zinchenko has joined us on a long-term contract from Manchester City.

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