He joins Gabriel Jesus, Marquinhos, Matt Turner and Fabio Vieira as new arrivals to the club.Īlex has already joined up with the squad at our pre-season training camp in Orlando. Alex is a person with great human qualities and character, and I’m delighted that everyone has made this huge effort to bring Alex to the club.”Īlex becomes our fifth new signing into our men’s first team squad this pre-season. It's not only about the positions he can play but as well, the versatility he will give us in attack and defence. Alex is a high quality player who will give us options and versatility. He’s a player that I personally know really well and continued to follow him after my time at Manchester City. Mikel Arteta added: “We’re so happy Alex has joined us.
We’re pleased to have Alex with us now because he has the attributes which I’m sure are going to put our squad at a different level.” We put a plan together early and Oleksandr Zinchenko was a main focus on our list. Technical Director Edu said: “I'm very pleased to see how we're working as a team here in the club. He has also won the FA Cup once and played in the 2021 UEFA Champions League final. Left-sided player Alex, who is comfortable operating in midfield and defence, has won both the Premier League and League Cup four times. After 31 appearances with FC Ufa, he signed for Manchester City in June 2016, spending the 2016/17 on loan at Dutch side PSV Eindhoven, before returning to City the following season. The 25-year-old brings huge experience of the Premier League and international football to our squad, having made 128 appearances for Manchester City and playing 52 times for his country Ukraine.Īlex developed through the youth academy at Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk, moving to FC Ufa in Russia in 2015. Oleksandr Zinchenko has joined us on a long-term contract from Manchester City.