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OLEKSANDR ZINCHENKO will have his Arsenal medical TODAY after flying to Orlando to join the Gunners' pre-season tour.
The Ukrainian, 25, said his farewells to City buddies in Houston, Texas, and is presently headed to place pen to paper with the Gunners in an arrangement said to be worth £30million in addition to £2m in additional items.
The left-back is supposed to go through his clinical inside the following 24 hours as the last contacts are placed on his exchange.
He is set to sign a four-year manage Mikel Arteta's men after Arsenal made a 'critical' increment to the compensation bundle they were initially advertising.
City midfielder Rodri honored Zinchenko after his profound takeoff: "Oleks isn't with us any longer. He's been perfect as a colleague as a player.
"He merited the best and we will miss him, yet this is football, it proceeds and new players come in - we are glad for him."
Zinchenko has been persuaded to leave Champions City following a progression of discussions with Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta, who has guaranteed the player that he isn't returning similarly as up to left-back Kieran Tierney.
Zinchenko will turn into Arsenal's fifth marking of the late spring after Matt Turner, Marquinhos, Fabio Vieira and Gabriel Jesus.
In the mean time, Man City are now being connected with two or three names who could fill the Ukraine skipper's boots at the Etihad.
Zinchenko showed up for City across five seasons in the wake of joining from Russian side Ufa for under £2m in 2016.
Energy Guardiola's top objective to supplant him is Brighton's Marc Cucurella - despite the fact that they won't meet the Seagulls £50m asking cost.
Stuttgart's Croatian worldwide Borna Sosa is one more choice who City have checked out however he isn't accepted to be high on the rundown of options.
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