{"id":631847,"date":"2023-11-24T04:12:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T09:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=631847"},"modified":"2023-11-24T04:12:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T09:12:35","slug":"arsenal-barcelona-martin-zubimendi-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/24\/arsenal-barcelona-martin-zubimendi-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal Interested in &#8216;Next Sergio Busquets\u2019; Face Stiff Competition From Xavi and Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are looking to bolster their midfield for the future and Real Sociedad&#8217;s Martin Zubimendi has emerged as a potential acquisition for the summer of 2024. As per <a href=\"https:\/\/thedailybriefing.io\/p\/arsenal-trigger-27m-release-clause\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>, the Spaniard is on their current list of preferred midfield targets which also includes Aston Villa&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/10\/arsenal-douglas-luiz-january-transfer-target\/\" target=\"_self\">Douglas Luiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Arsenal Showing Interest in Real Sociedad\u2019s Martin Zubimendi<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Watch:\u00a0<\/strong>The Premier League Big Six Are in Danger &#8211; Here\u2019s Why<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The  Premier League BIG SIX are in EVEN BIGGER DANGER - Here&#039;s Why\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cnDKzhuMbxA?start=23&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Arsenal Really Appreciate the Player<\/h3>\n<p>Romano states that the Gunners consider Luiz to be their dream transfer in the winter transfer window, but it would be a difficult negotiation as the Villans are not keen on parting with the Brazilian. If a move does not materialize, they will be looking at other options around Europe and Zubimendi is a player whom they really appreciate.<\/p>\n<p>However, he also adds that a January move for the 24-year-old is not possible due to his attachment to his current club.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/23\/bayern-munich-arsenal-takehiro-tomiyasu-links\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Versatile\u2019 Arsenal Star Targeted by Bayern Munich in Latest Transfer Development; Gunners Want to Keep Him<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The transfer insider goes on to say that Zubimendi is &#8220;in love&#8221; with\u00a0<em>La Real\u00a0<\/em>and that he values the history of the club whose ranks he came through. The midfielder has made 126 league appearances for the Basque club and has been a key fixture in their success in the current Champions League campaign.<\/p>\n<h3>Xavi and Barcelona Offer Stiff Competition<\/h3>\n<p>According to the journalist, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/10\/21\/chelsea-active-contract-clause-ian-maatsen-deal\/\" target=\"_self\">Barcelona<\/a> manager is a big fan of Zubimendi and considers him to be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eYvf1M-NsTg\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;next Sergio Busquets&#8221;<\/a>. The club hierarchy has also identified the player as one for the future and is monitoring his development in the Spanish league. Real Sociedad, however, have placed a \u00a360 million release clause on him and thus it would not be possible for either club to sign him in January due to financial constraints.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/23\/arsenal-seal-david-raya-permanent-signing\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal \u2018Seal\u2019 First Signing of 2024; Player Already Signed Long-Term Contract <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite the playmaker&#8217;s love for his boyhood club, it will be difficult to turn down offers from two European giants. With both Arsenal and the <em>Blaugrana<\/em> looking to bolster their midfield, this transfer saga will be one to monitor in the months to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are looking to bolster their midfield for the future and Real Sociedad&#8217;s Martin Zubimendi has emerged as a potential acquisition for the summer of 2024. As per Fabrizio Romano, the Spaniard is on their current list of preferred midfield targets which also includes Aston Villa&#8217;s Douglas Luiz. Arsenal Showing Interest in Real Sociedad\u2019s Martin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4369,"featured_media":631848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1365,6,3,7188],"tags":[3190,9789],"class_list":["post-631847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-barcelona","category-la-liga","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-arsenal-transfer-news","tag-martin-zubimendi"],"modified_by":"Delight Wellington","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}