‘Gutted he’s going’ – Man City fans react as Pep Guardiola confirms Oleksandr Zinchenko is joining Arsenal

Pep Guardiola has confirmed Oleksandr Zinchenko to Arsenal is now completed, and the player will become an Arsenal player.

Zinchenko becomes the second Manchester City player to sign for the Gunners this summer, with Gabriel Jesus also making the move to north London.

The Ukrainian agreed a four-year contract with Arsenal several days ago. City will receive a major profit on Zinchenko. He was signed in 2016 from UFA in Russia for £1.8million, and leaves for £30million 6 years later.

Speaking ahead of his side’s first pre-season friendly against Club America, Guardiola confirmed that Zinchenko would be joining Jesus and Raheem Sterling – who has signed for Chelsea – out the exit door this summer.

“On behalf of the club [I’d like to express] gratitude for the effort, how they behave on and off the pitch. It was nice with Alex yesterday because we could say goodbye properly,” he said.

“Unfortunately with Raheem and Gabriel we could not do it because it was the summertime. But yesterday we could say goodbye to him and [he can] move on to Arsenal.”

These Guardiola’s comments were shared on Twitter by City Xtra and it attracted plenty of attention from the club’s supporters.

Pep looks genuinely sad he’s gone

— Elliot McGarry (@ElliotMcGarry) July 20, 2022

“Gutted he’s going. Zinny has been so good for City this season but he deserves more game time..”
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“Sad to see him leave but it’s a good move for him and us.”
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“Big mistake from Man city and Pep. He didn’t get the chances he deserved.”
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“How about a replacement? .”
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good luck on your new adventure zinni ♥️ pic.twitter.com/Go8W6z6X0P

— M.A (@amte007) July 20, 2022