Oleksandr Zinchenko’s recent injury woes means that the left-back missed an excellent opportunity to repeat the agent role carried out by Bukayo Saka to help the Gunners in the January transfer window. Arsenal are reportedly hot on the tail for Mykhaylo Mudryk and Zinchenko could have been the key piece to securing his signature.
Arsenal’s new signing would have been called up to the next set of international fixtures in September, which meant that he would have been in a camp alongside Mudryk, who has also been called up for the Ukrainian national team.
Saka used being called for duty with England to persuade Aaron Ramsdale to join the club ahead of last season. Zinchenko could have repeated this trick to persuade Mudryk to join the Gunners.
