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Manchester City star Oleksandr Zinchenko is closing in on a move to Arsenal which will reunite him with Mikel Arteta and Gabriel Jesus.

Brazilian forward Jesus swapped the Etihad for the Emirates earlier this summer and now the versatile Ukrainian is expected to follow suit in a £30million deal. Zinchenko, 25, wants to play as a central midfielder - something which rarely occurs at City - and Arteta is keen to add another player in this position.

Pep Guardiola has largely used him as a full-back but the player has different ambitions and is backing his former assistant coach to give him the opportunities he craves. He is joining an Arsenal side which narrowly missed out on the top four last term but have invested heavily this summer as they look to rejoin the Champions League table.

Jesus recently took on the mantle of wearing the No 9 shirt at the Emirates and will hope to do it justice. Now, though, there are not a host of what you would call 'conventional' shirt numbers for Zinchenko to pick from, should his move go through.

At City, he wears the No 11 but that is currently occupied by Gabriel Martinelli in North London. He could stick close to home and wear No 12, a number previously worn by Thierry Henry for a brief period. The Frenchman returned for a loan stint in 2012 and was unable to take on