Martin Zubimendi is broadly anticipated to change into an Arsenal participant, even when his arrival from Actual Sociedad has not but been formally confirmed.
Nonetheless, the Spain worldwide is clearly one of many essential names to be careful for on this summer time’s switch window, so what can Arsenal followers anticipate from this probably new signing in midfield?
Who’s Martin Zubimendi? Background and early profession
Zubimendi was developed within the Actual Sociedad academy, which he joined in 2011 after beforehand taking part in for beginner youth membership Antiguoko.
Zubimendi began out taking part in in Actual Sociedad’s B crew in 2016, earlier than making his La Liga debut for the senior facet in 2018.
It wasn’t actually till the 2020/21 season that the 26-year-old established himself as a daily starter for the Basque outfit, with a complete of 41 appearances in that marketing campaign.
Profession statistics and taking part in fashion
Zubimendi has now amassed 236 appearances for Sociedad in whole, scoring ten objectives, whereas he additionally has two objectives in 19 caps for the Spanish nationwide crew.
| Appearances | Targets | Trophies | |
| Actual Sociedad | 236 | 10 | 1 (Copa del Rey) |
| Spain | 19 | 2 | 2 (Euros, Nations League) |
Zubimendi has made a reputation for himself as the brand new Sergio Busquets, as per the Athletic, amongst others, whereas there have additionally been comparisons with Xabi Alonso, as per Sky Sports activities.
You’ll be able to see within the video clip beneath simply how good Zubimendi is on the ball, whereas he’s additionally clever along with his positioning to interrupt up play shortly and get his crew again on the entrance foot…
Zubimendi’s arrival is sensible as Jorginho has simply left Arsenal, because the Gunners clearly want a no.6 participant of this mould to assist them dictate play and management the tempo of matches higher.
Thomas Partey can even play this position fairly effectively, however he’s out of contract this summer time, with no information but on a renewal, whereas he’s additionally typically had issues with accidents throughout his time on the Emirates Stadium.
Who else needed to signal Zubimendi?
Zubimendi is now anticipated to affix Arsenal, as per the Athletic’s David Ornstein, who doesn’t are inclined to miss in the case of Arsenal transfers.
However it hasn’t been totally plain crusing for the Spanish midfielder as he heads to north London…
Liverpool
Final summer time, it seemed probably that Zubimendi was heading for Liverpool, as per the Occasions and others, although the deal finally collapsed as he spent yet another season with Sociedad.
This shocked senior figures within the trade, nevertheless, with Guillem Balague telling BBC Sport: “I’ve been informed that every part was achieved with Liverpool, completely every part, after which he personally determined to not transfer to England.”
Actual Madrid
Simply days in the past, Marca reported that Actual Madrid might nonetheless be within the race for Zubimendi.
The Impartial state, nevertheless, that Madrid have been left pissed off after lacking out on the participant.
