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'Lifelong Arsenal fan' Oleksandr Zinchenko is excited to finally get a move to the Gunners

Oleksandr Zinchenko has described moving to Arsenal as a 'boyhood dream come true' after joining from Manchester City.

The versatile 25-year-old Ukraine international becomes Arsenal's fifth summer signing after Gabriel Jesus, Marquinhos, Matt Turner and Fabio Vieira.

Zinchenko told the Arsenal website: 'First of all I would like to say this is a boyhood dream come true, because I was a massive fan when I was a kid.

Mikel Arteta and Edu both expressed their joy at signing versatile player Oleksandr Zinchenko

'Since Thierry Henry and young Cesc Fabregas was playing here, I was just enjoying watching those games, that Arsenal.