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Adriana Garcia
Jul 6, 2025, 07:00 AM ET
Arsenal person completed the signing of highly rated Spain midfielder Martín Zubimendi from Real Sociedad, the nine person announced.
The northbound London nine bushed absorption from apical European outfits aft triggering Zubimendi's €60 cardinal ($67m) merchandise clause.
The 26-year-old's declaration astatine Sociedad was owed to expire successful June 2027.
A root told ESPN that Real Madrid tried to motion Zubimendi erstwhile Xabi Alonso replaced Carlo Ancelotti successful May, but a woody with Arsenal had already been struck successful March.
Zubimendi had the accidental to determination to the Premier League a twelvemonth agone having been Liverpool's apical prime successful antiaircraft midfield. However, helium turned down the transfer, opting alternatively to stay astatine Sociedad for the 2024-25 season, a determination helium aboriginal said was "the close one."
A Sociedad younker product, Zubimendi spent 5 years with the archetypal team, making implicit 170 appearances crossed each competitions.
The San Sebastián-born subordinate had reportedly attracted involvement from Real Madrid this summertime aft beardown performances successful LaLiga, and with Spain astatine Euro 2024.
In the last against England, helium came connected successful spot of injured Rodri astatine half-time and shone successful the deep-lying midfield relation arsenic Spain went connected to triumph 2-1.
Manchester City besides tracked Zubimendi aft Rodri sustained a superior genu wounded successful September.
It is believed Mikel Arteta played a cardinal relation successful talks with Zubimendi to person the subordinate to articulation Arsenal this summer.
Zubimendi volition articulation his erstwhile Sociedad teammate Mikel Merino, who signed for the nine past summer.
Information from ESPN's James Olley contributed to this report.
