{"id":635609,"date":"2024-02-07T10:39:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T15:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=635609"},"modified":"2024-02-07T10:39:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T15:39:39","slug":"arsenal-martin-zubimendi-interest-barcelona-bayern-munich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/02\/07\/arsenal-martin-zubimendi-interest-barcelona-bayern-munich\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal \u2018Laying the Groundwork\u2019 for \u2018Next Sergio Busquets\u2019; Barcelona and Bayern Munich Also Want Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are in the midst of an exciting Premier League title race this season along with rivals Liverpool and Manchester City. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/thedailybriefing.io\/i\/141452626\/jurrien-timber-boost-for-arsenal-and-latest-on-martin-zubimendi\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a> reports that the Gunners are already looking towards the future, with ambitions of strengthening the team in the summer. Real Sociedad&#8217;s Martin Zubimendi is a name that is reportedly on their transfer wishlist.<\/p>\n<h2>Arsenal in a Race to Sign Martin Zubimendi in the Summer<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Watch:\u00a0<\/strong>The Domino Effect Ruining Football<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE DOMINO EFFECT RUINING FOOTBALL\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fNQxiqia1Vo?start=2&#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>Martin Zubimendi Is on Arsenal\u2019s List for the Summer<\/h3>\n<p>The transfer insider reports that Mikel Arteta&#8217;s side are keen on adding the Spanish international to their ranks in the summer. He adds that Zubimendi is on the list of players being chased by the club. However, they are not alone in this pursuit.<\/p>\n<p>La Liga giants Barcelona and Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich are also said to be interested in the midfielder for the summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/02\/05\/arsenal-takehiro-tomiyasu-new-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">&#8220;Announcement To Follow&#8221;: Arsenal Agree New Long-Term Contract For &#8220;Terrific&#8221; Defender<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Romano, while there are no discussions ongoing in February or March between the clubs and the representatives of the player, it is a situation to monitor once the season concludes. The midfielder is reportedly said to have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/arsenal-fc\/transfer-news\/arsenal-handed-major-52m-martin-28508813\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a352 million<\/a> release clause which can be activated later this year.<\/p>\n<p>He has also been hailed as the <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/4600543\/2023\/06\/13\/martin-zubimendi-is-the-calm-and-methodical-heart-of-real-sociedads-midfield\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;next Sergio Busquets&#8221;<\/a> thanks to his similar style of play to the legendary Spanish midfielder.<\/p>\n<h3>Player Fully Focussed on Real Sociedad<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the swirling rumours around his potential departure from the club, Martin Zubimendi has reaffirmed his love for\u00a0<em>La Real\u00a0<\/em>and his focus on performing well in both La Liga and the UEFA Champions League with the Spanish side.<\/p>\n<p>Romano says: &#8220;Zubimendi only wants to focus on Real Sociedad and he loves his club. He is fully focused on La Liga and the Champions League, with no distraction at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/02\/02\/arsenal-thomas-partey-injury-setback\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018He Felt Something Again\u2019: Big Blow for Arsenal as \u2018World-Class\u2019 Player Suffers Another Injury Setback<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal fans would be hoping that no matter how this season ends for the North Londoners in both the domestic and European leagues, they will be able to attract top players across the world to their club when the summer transfer window arrives. And Martin Zubimendi will undoubtedly be one such player they will be keeping a close eye on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are in the midst of an exciting Premier League title race this season along with rivals Liverpool and Manchester City. However, Fabrizio Romano reports that the Gunners are already looking towards the future, with ambitions of strengthening the team in the summer. Real Sociedad&#8217;s Martin Zubimendi is a name that is reportedly on their [&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":[8,3,7188],"tags":[3190,9789],"class_list":["post-635609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","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\/635609","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=635609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635609\/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=635609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}