Arsenal<\/a> have finally confirmed the deal <\/a>to sign midfielder Martin Zubimendi from Real Sociedad<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Spain international, 26, moves to the Emirates Stadium on a long-term deal after the Gunners reportedly triggered his \u00a351m release clause.<\/p>\n Euro 2024 winner Zubimendi had previously been a target for Liverpool and was also linked with Real Madrid.<\/p>\n Zubimendi told the club website: \u201cThis is a huge moment in my career. It\u2019s the move I was looking for and one I wanted to make. As soon as you set foot here, you realise how big this club and this team are.<\/p>\n \u201cI set my sights on Arsenal because their style of play is a good fit for me. They have shown their potential recently and the best is yet to come.\u201d<\/p>\n Gunners boss Mikel Arteta<\/a> is confident Zubimendi can help reinforce his midfield options, having seen Thomas Partey\u2019s contract expire <\/a>and Jorginho also leave the club.<\/p>\n \u201cMartin is a player who will bring a huge amount of quality and football intelligence to our team. He will fit in really well and he has all the attributes to be a key player for us,\u201d Arteta said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe standard he has consistently performed at over the last few seasons for both club and country is exactly why we are so excited to have him with us. We all welcome Martin and his family to the club.\u201d<\/p>\n A graduate of the Sociedad academy system, Zubimendi made 236 appearances for the club in all competitions at senior level and helped the team lift the delayed 2019-20 Copa del Rey with victory over Athletic Bilbao.<\/p>\n He was also involved as Sociedad finished fourth in the 2022-23 season \u2013 their highest league finish \u2013 to reach the Champions League<\/a> for only the third time in their history.<\/p>\n Get 4 months free with ExpressVPN<\/p>\n Servers in 105 Countries Try for free<\/a><\/p>\n ADVERTISEMENT. If you sign up to this service we will earn commission. This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent.<\/p>\n Get 4 months free with ExpressVPN<\/p>\n Servers in 105 Countries Try for free<\/a><\/p>\n ADVERTISEMENT. If you sign up to this service we will earn commission. This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent.<\/p>\n The midfielder has been capped 19 times by Spain, where he was part of the squad who won the Nations League in 2023 and became European champions last year after beating England in the final.<\/p>\n Zubimendi becomes Arsenal\u2019s second signing this summer after goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga joined from Chelsea.<\/p>\n The Gunners are also expected to complete the signing of Christian Norgaard, with the Brentford captain looking set to join for a reported \u00a310m with a potential \u00a35m of add-ons.<\/p>\n You can sign up to DAZN<\/a> to watch every Club World Cup<\/a> game for free<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-242653","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114806273245170095","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Martin](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/afeef300f028061d1e8c5b71a7afba19Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUxNTM4OTYy-2.76848712.jpg\")
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