The President of the Royal Society, Jokin Aperribay, seems to be more and more resigned from losing Martin Zubimendi in just over a month, in the midst of the growing expectation that the midfielder will join the Arsenal.
Zubimendi finally rejected a transfer to Liverpool last summer in favor of staying with his native club for at least one more year. But it seems to have reached the point where a transfer to a greater stage is inevitable and Arsenal They are heavy favorites.
Aperribay’s latest update also does not rule out accelerated rumors.
“We’ll see what happens,” the President said Donostia brand radio.
“Everything I ask (Zubimendi) is a last effort to classify in Europe and what happens, it will happen in June. It does not make any speculation now if it will be there. He has had several opportunities to leave and he will make the decision he wants, because he will have more options.”
Aperribay explained that his recent interactions with Zubimendi have focused on football and ending the season strongly, instead of the transfer saga, with the shoe of real society, but still a short distance from the Europa League league or the conference league.
The Zubimendi € 60 million launch clause (51 million pounds) is an attractive number for arsenal. It eliminates the need to negotiate with Society and leave the decision completely to the player.
“I don’t know if it is difficult to stay,” he continued to Aperribay. “We have not tried to raise the clause. Contracts are not negotiated like this. It is a matter of willpower. If you want to continue, the conversation will last five minutes. I don’t know if it’s difficult.”
Arsenal was reported last week To be Zubimendi’s preference on Real Madrid. SER chain He has also now stated that when Gunners officials met with Madrid’s counterparts for niches before the new champions league departure, they let their Spanish rivals know that they believed that an agreement to sign Zubimendi was “almost completed.”
Arsenal spent a significant piece of money on another midfielder of royal society, Mikel Merino, last summer. But Merino has been found used as an emergency forward, while Jorginho’s time at Emirates Stadium is also Bringing —front in front of expectations, will return to Brazil.
A daring added could be Mikel Arteta, who, like Zubimendi, also comes from San Sebastian and was himself a Real Sociedad player before a spell that defines his career in Everton.
