Former Arsenal defender Cedric Soares jokingly explained the problems this season of his former teammate, Ukrainian Oleksandr Zinchenko.
In a conversation with The Athletic, Cedric recently shared that the Ukrainian left-back asked for permission to take his old shirt number.
“It was funny, Zinny called me at the start of the season and said: ‘Brother, can I take your jersey number (17th, — note by the editor)?”.
I said: ‘Of course, but be careful because that number is very heavy!’.
This season he hasn’t played much due to injuries, so when I saw him, I said: ‘I already warned you that it’s heavy!’. Zinny is really a good guy, so he loves to joke,” Soares told The Athletic.
In the current season, Zinchenko has only participated in 9 matches for Arsenal and has yet to register any goal contributions.