Pep Guardiola, the manager of Manchester City, has thanked Oleksandr Zinchenko for his contributions to the team as he gets ready to sign a £32 million transfer to Arsenal.
After spending six years with Man City, where he won four Premier League championships, four Carabao Cups, and one FA Cup, Zinchenko is about to make the high-paying switch to the North London club.
Manchester City and Arsenal have agreed to a £32 million deal for the Ukrainian international.
After passing his medical, Zinchenko, who was in Texas with Manchester City, immediately took a flight to Orlando to join the Arsenal team and continue his preseason schedule.
The 25-year-old played 128 times for Man City during his time at Etihad, and Guardiola is grateful they were able to say goodbye to the player 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 is the third big-name City player to leave the Etihad this summer after Gabriel Jesus made a £45m move to Arsenal and Raheem Sterling joined Chelsea earlier this month.
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