Assume you are the manager of one of the world's biggest football clubs, and a Russian scout approaches you and tells you that he has a player with raw talent that you rarely see in football. If you have some intel coming to you from the Russian scouts, that's quite suspicious. But the manager in this story saw the player's game and gave him the most significant breakthrough one can get. The manager here is none other than Josep Guardiola, and the player is Oleksandr Zinchenko. Олександр Володимирович Зінченко or Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Zinchenko is a Ukrainian footballer who currently plays for Arsenal. That's the only piece of information I'll provide you from his Wikipedia page. But what makes me write a whole piece about Zinchenko? What is so special about him and his game and his personality? The answer lies in the question itself. Where do we begin? Oleksandr "Alex" Zinchenko, aka Zinny, started his career as a number 10 or an attacking midfielder. ...