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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Jacob Leeks

Piers Morgan names his Arsenal player of the season and pokes fun at Pep Guardiola

Celebrity Arsenal fan Piers Morgan has crowned Oleksandr Zinchenko as his player of the season as he poked fun at Pep Guardiola's decision to allow him to leave Manchester City.

Zinchenko has made 22 appearances in all competitions and helped the Gunners mount a surprise Premier League title challenge. He had been deemed surplus to requirements at City by Guardiola after six years at the Etihad Stadium.

But the Ukrainian has become a key man under Mikel Arteta, taking Kieran Tierney's starting spot at left-back. As well as scoring the crucial equaliser in the thrilling win over Aston Villa, Zinchenko also provided the assist for Bukayo Saka's opening goal in Wednesday's thrashing of Everton.

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