The summer transfer market is ongoing with a lot of things happening right now. Many players are linked with moves to the top clubs. Euro 2024 and Copa America have helped a lot of players to show their ability to the world. Some of the top players in the world were linked to Arsenal. The Premier League runners-up feel a need to improve their squad in order to win the title next season. They want to sign players in lot of places. One of them is midfield, and Gunners were once linked with Martin Zubimendi. However the deal for the Real Sociedad player was failed due to some reasons. According to recent reports, Liverpool are now linked with Zubimendi which can lead to Arsenal re-entering the race.
Whole midfield situation at Arsenal right now
Arsenal signed Declan Rice last season for £105 million. He was one of the best players for the team throughout the season. Rice started the 2023/24 season as a holding midfielder. However, he was used as number eight by Arteta when the season was about to end. Rice proved as good as number six and got used to the new position very soon. Gareth Southgate called Rice to represent England in the Euro 2024. Rice played as number eight in the whole event and helped England to reach the finals. However, England had to face defeat against Spain in the finals. Its now said that Arteta will use Rice as number eight in the next season as well.
Arsenal want to sign a new holding midfielder and part ways with Thomas Partey. Firstly, Gunners were linked with Martin Zubimendi. It was reported by The Athletic, that Barcelona and Arsenal are in the race to sign Zubimendi. He was also being looked upon by Bayern Munich. However it was said that Zubimendi has no plan to leave Spain. As a result, all the clubs linked were out of the race. Real Sociedad were very happy after hearing the news about Zubimendi staying.
Later Gunners were linked with Douglas Luiz. However, he joined Juventus. Then Arsenal shifted their focus on Mikel Merino after his very good matches in Euros. Merino is now very close to join Arsenal. However, Fabrizio Romano has shared a key update about the current situation about the another Real Sociedad player. According to him, it may force Arsenal to re-enter the race for Zubimendi.
Liverpool to force Gunners to re-enter the race for Zubimendi
Fabrizio Romano has said that Liverpool are looking to sign Martin Zubimendi. He wrote on his daily briefing the talks are going between the club and the Real Sociedad player. Romano added that Liverpool want to sign Zubimendi and are confident about signing him. Later, Romano talked about what happened between Arsenal and Zubimendi. He made a bold statement that Arsenal never negotiated with Zubimendi this summer.
However, Liverpool signing Zubimendi can cause Arsenal to join the race. It is because Real Sociedad will not like to lose both their midfielder. They will want to keep either Zubimendi or Merino. So they may keep Merino and force other clubs to go after Zubimendi. However it will only be a two way race as the other clubs are already out. Barcelona signed Dani Olmo and have paid huge price for him. They have some troubles in their finance and hence are very unlikely to go after Zubimendi. Bayern Munich have already signed Joao Palhinha. Real Sociedad are convincing Martin Zubimendi to stay with them. It will be very good to see Zubimendi joining Liverpool and Merino joining Arsenal. Both signings will be a great addition to the Premier League viewers.
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