Spanish football club Real Sociedad has come out to cast doubt on Martin Zubimendi’s transfer to Arsenal. The club’s president, Jokin Aperribay ,recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, despite interest from several top European sides, no Real Sociedad player, including Zubimendi, has communicated a desire to leave.
He added that Zubimendi has been told to think carefully about the next step he would want to take for his career, and he has already joined up with the Spanish national team while he gives his future some serious thought.
His words, “Zubimendi is the only player we’ve spoken to. Clubs have asked us, but no player has told us they want to leave.
We’ve told Martin to go to the national team calmly, to think about it, and we’d like him to stay. We know there are several options. Something may come to fruition or not… I don’t see it happening in the short term. We don’t see it that way, so we have to wait and see.”
The clubs sporting director added, “I would love for him to stay at Real Sociedad for a lifetime, but at the same time, since he’s so good, our duty in that case is to be prepared in case he ever leaves Real Sociedad.
But I would also like to remember a little about what happened with him here last summer, and for me at least, it’s something that will always stay with me and for which I will always be grateful.
Sociedad have become strong in doing things well and not needing to sell. From what the Board and the president tell me, that’s the situation right now. What we’re very clear about is that we want to improve the team, and we’re clear that we’ll be able to do so.”
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Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. Arsenal compete in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.
The club has won 13 league titles (including one unbeaten title), a record 14 FA Cups, two League Cups, 17 FA Community Shields, the Football League Centenary Trophy, one European Cup Winners’ Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football.
After conducting an overhaul in the club’s operating model to coincide with Wenger’s departure, Spaniard Unai Emery was named as the club’s new head coach on 23 May 2018. He became the club’s first ever ‘head coach’ and second manager from outside the United Kingdom.
In Emery’s first season, Arsenal finished fifth in the Premier League and as runner-up in the Europa League. On 29 November 2019, Emery was dismissed as manager and former player and assistant first team coach Freddie Ljungberg was appointed as interim head coach. On 20 December 2019, Arsenal appointed former club captain Mikel Arteta as the new head coach. Arsenal finished the league season in eighth, their lowest finish since 1994–95, but beat Chelsea 2–1 to earn a record-extending 14th FA Cup win. After the season. Arteta’s title was changed from head coach to manager.
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