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Arsenal are closing in on the potential signing of Oleksandr Zinchenko from Manchester City. The Ukrainian international has seen the clubs agree on a fee in the region of £30 million and now personal terms are in the process of being agreed.

Arsenal have already signed one player from Manchester City with the arrival of Gabriel Jesus. The Brazilian has captured the attention of most of the fanbase and beyond for his three goals in his first two appearances this preseason.

However, despite the aura of the 25-year-old forward, his former club City will supposedly miss Zinchenko even more. I spoke to chief Manchester City correspondent for the Manchester Evening News Simon Bajkowski on The Arsenal Way about the versatile man and the loss compared to Jesus was a highlight of the conversation.

“Absolutely, I think City will miss Zinchenko more than they would miss Jesus because they’ve got the firepower up front that they haven’t had over the last two seasons. Whereas they will move to replace Zinchenko,” said Bajkowski.

“He was an important member of the dressing room but also he could play in so many different positions. He rarely played defensive midfield for them, but he got pushed in there last season at home against Paris Saint Germain and ran the game.”

Although the loss of Zinchenko is sizeable, perhaps the beginning of the campaign will not be all that different for City without him.