BLD Nottingham Forest has convinced Arsenal to lend midfielder Oleksandr Zinchenko in a season. Besides, the Gunners also allowed Reiss Nelson and Jakub Kiwior to go on the loan.
Notably, before approaching Zinchenko, BLD Nottingham Forest tried to recruit Atletico's Javi Galan, not seeing the Arsenal midfielder as the main target. It was not until Atletico said “no” about the case of Gala that Nottingham Forest turned to Zinchenko and they succeeded.
Zinchenko currently has only 1 year of contract with Arsenal. 3 years ago, the North London representative had to pay Man City up to £ 30 million (not to mention £ 2 million) to win his service. In the first two seasons, this 1996 left -wing expert played quite often, but now he is no longer used by coach Mikel Arteta.
With the appearance of Ricardo Calafiori and the excellent performance of Myles Lewis-Skelly, Zinchenko played so little that he was considered as “redundant” at Arsenal. Since the beginning of the season, this player has not been coacheda for the competition.
Not long ago, Zinchenko himself acknowledged 2024/25 as the worst season in his career. In this season, Zinchenko only kicked 23 matches with a duration of appearance on the field less than 1,000 minutes. After moving to the new stop, Zinchenko could play the Nottingham Forest debut when this team encountered Arsenal itself after the national focus.
In another development, Arsenal not only lends Zinchenko but also does the same thing with Reiss Nelson and Jakub Kiwior. Specifically, the aforementioned couple will play for Brentford and Porto in turn on loan in the 2025/26 season.