Zinchenko becomes the 3rd City player to leave Etihad this summer, his departure came after Jesus made a move to Arsenal and Raheem Sterling joined Chelsea
By Mosope Okeowo
Manchester City gaffer, Pep Guardiola, has thanked Oleksandr Zinchenko for his services to the club, he, however, lamented not being able to do the same thing with Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling who joined Arsenal and Chelsea respectively.
Zinchenko is set to complete a £32million big-money move to the North London club after six years at the Etihad, during which he won 4 Premier League titles, 4 Carabao Cups and one FA Cup.
The Ukraine international, who was in Texas with Manchester City, has now travelled to Orlando to join up with the Arsenal squad to continue his pre-season schedule after passing his medical.
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The 25-year-old who will be joining his former teammate, Jesus, at the Emirates Stadium, has donned Man Citys’ colours 128 times, and Guardiola is grateful he and his players were able to say goodbye to him properly.
“I will say on behalf of the club our gratitude on and off the pitch. It was nice yesterday with Oleks because we could say bye properly,” Guardiola was quoted by Mirror UK as saying.
“Unfortunately, Gabi [Gabriel Jesus] and Raheem [Sterling] could not do it, but with him, we could, and he moved on to Arsenal.”
Zinchenko becomes the third player to leave the blue half of Manchester this summer, his departure came after Jesus made a £45m move to Arsenal and Raheem Sterling joined Chelsea.
