Martin Zubimendi has attracted the attention of Arsenal since last season, showcasing impressive performances at Real Sociedad.
The midfielder has played a significant role in Sociedad’s ascent to become one of the top clubs in Spain. Sociedad secured a top-four finish in La Liga and made a noteworthy impression in the Champions League group stage.
While there were initial plans for Zubimendi to depart Sociedad in the summer, he opted to stay and compete in the Champions League with them.
However, it is anticipated that a change will occur at the end of this season, prompting interest from several clubs eager to acquire his services.
Arsenal is actively pursuing Zubimendi, and according to Bild, Mikel Arteta has engaged in discussions with the midfielder to persuade him to join Arsenal next season. The report suggests that Arteta’s efforts have been successful, as Zubimendi is now convinced about making the transfer to Arsenal.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Zubimendi is one of the finest midfielders in La Liga and has done well in the Champions League this term.
If we add him to our group in the summer, he will improve our options, but he certainly will not come cheap.
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I am well known on JA for shooting down the many fantasy rumours that regularly feed this site.
But some weeks ago I posted that I DO think MA and our club ARE SERIOUSLY interested in getting Zubimendi. They are IMO going to try very hard for him this summer, but not this JANUARY, as we will need to get some of the deadwood out and also off the wagebill first.
And in Jan IMO hardly any moves of any substance for in OR out transfers will happen anywhere in the Prem, mainly for clubs running scared of FFP.
Correct, the chats with Zubimendi are aimed towards the summer which is good work from Arteta and Edu. If he buys into the arsenal project now we’ll be getting a top quality midfielder who’ll settle very quickly in the summer when the deal is signed.
I thought MA had removed all the deadwood Jon, as every player within the first team team squad are his signings – so who, exactly, are you referring to?
For some weird reason KEN , you areunder the mistaken assumption that I have never claimed MA has signe dduds. Of course he has, as I HAVEOFTEN SAIS onJA, all seemingly unnoticed by you! TAVARES VIERA, LOKONGA SOARES, re-signing ELNENY, Jorginho is hardly agreat signing either.
I.suggest you start noticing what I ACTUALLY SAID , INSTEAD OF WRITING WHAT YOU THINK I SAID.
Time after time I have posted that MA ‘s transfer dealings are by far his most unhelpful quality for our team.
CANT UNDERSTAND HOW YOU HAVE MISSED THEM ALL, CONSTANTLY!!
Jon, I asked you who the deadwood was, as I thought MA had got rid of the deadwood.
I’m asking you a straightforward question, so why are you so defensive?
For instance, do you think Tierney is deadwood and why?
Perhaps you could give me a list?
With Partey, Elneny and Jorginho all likely to depart this summer we need to really bolster those two central spots in midfield. We already have Rice who as far as I’m concerned is world class, Patino coming back from a solid season on loan, so Zubimendi would be a sound acquisition. Though his stature brings a little concern, as such he may need time to adapt to the league and it’s expectations. Whether or not he hits the ground running it still feels like we need another player brought in, though by this point (and should we choose to invest heavily in a striker – Isak or Osimhen please!) we may need to act wisely in regards to cost. Douglas Luiz or Bruno Guimaraes could be ideal but at £80-100+ it’d be hard to make happen. Onana at half that could be a shrewd bit of business, though he isn’t quite the Partey replacement many see him as. Someone like Seko Fofana (probably too old for our recruitment), tall, imposing, highly mobile yet with the ability to knit things together and quickly switch from defence to attack is what we need, either dovetailing with Rice or allowing him to play more centrally.
I think our first choice midfielder won’t be a surprise by summer, but it’ll be interesting to see how MA fills this fourth midfielder need.
Changing Partey & Jorginho for Luiz & Zubimendi would be like swapping a classic car that you can only drive occasionally without breaking-down for a modern performance car with all the track day options. Sounds good to me.
Good analogy for thoise two current players, certainly.
But how can you be so sure the other two not here WILL be reliable,non injury wise?
Til he arrived , PARTEY WAS HARDLY EVER INJURED FOR LONG. But look at him NOW!
John Fox…name one player who you can be SURE won’t be injured…??
Andrew, what a pointless , silly question, as all player CAN be injured at times.
Surprised you seem not to hava noticed that, by asking such a daft question.
But then again, you have not even NOTICED how my first name is actuallly spelt!!
Am not sure where this lad has his head, it’s the same story two years running now.
Maybe Arsenal needs to move on to Youssouf Fofana, a powerful midfielder with physicality and pace, his technical abilities looks even better