Your Manchester City evening headlines for Friday, July 15.
Ake will stay at City after Chelsea talks collapse
Nathan Ake will remain a Manchester City player this season after Chelsea failed to reach an agreement over the fee.
Thomas Tuchel had been looking to make Ake the second City player to join his project this summer following the £47.5m move for Raheem Sterling, and Chelsea were in need of defensive reinforcements after seeing two centre-backs depart. Ake came through at Chelsea, although the club refused to challenge City in 2019 when they paid £41m to sign him from Bournemouth.
City were clear from the start that they would only accept a transfer if Chelsea came up with at least £50m and the Blues were able to line up a replacement, given Pep Guardiola did not want to leave himself with anything less than four senior centre-backs. Despite reports of confidence from Chelsea for weeks that they would do a deal, they have now walked away from talks after refusing to meet City's valuation.
Zinchenko transfer to Arsenal moves closer
There is growing expectation that Oleksandr Zinchenko will complete a move to Arsenal.
Zinchenko has fought his way into the Manchester City side on various occasions since returning from a loan spell in 2017, with the Ukrainian delighting Pep Guardiola for his attitude as much as his technical ability. He also showed incredible courage to play a key part in the final stages of City's latest Premier League title win while trying to help his country following Russia's invasion.
While a stay at the Etihad this summer was not out of the question, Zinchenko wants to play more minutes and Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is ready to offer them. Arsenal were one of several clubs to show interest a few months ago and have intensified their efforts to sign him after losing out on Ajax defender Lisandro Martinez.
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