Arsenal intercepted Real Madrid's first signing in this year's summer window to continue to introduce Spanish technology to strengthen the midfield

On the first day of the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Dortmund and Aston Villa, who lost the first leg, defeated Barcelona and Paris respectively at home, but they suffered from digging too deep in the first leg to advance, which also sounded the alarm for Arsenal, which defeated Real Madrid 3-0 at home in the first leg. Before Arsenal's away game against Real Madrid, the club reported that the club will continue to strengthen the squad in this summer window, and the first signing of this summer window is coming, and the Spanish technical flow players will continue to be introduced.

According to the latest news from British media talksport, Arsenal have informed Real Sociedad that they will pay £52 million to sign the 26-year-old Spanish midfielder in the summer windowZubimendi。

The British media said that Arsenal is confident that they will complete the signing of Zubimendi at the beginning of June this year, although Real Madrid is also interested in Zubimendi, but now Arsenal has taken the lead, intercepting Real Madrid's goal, Arteta personally invited Zubimendi to join and become teammates with the team's Spanish midfielder Merino.

According to sources, the negotiations between the two sides have gone very well, and the 26-year-old Spanish midfielder of Real Sociedad will become Arsenal's first signing in this summer window and Arsenal's own "Rodri". In the final of Euro 2024, Rodri was injured and Zoubimendi was ordered to help Spain win the title.

It is reported that Zubimendi's contract with Real Sociedad contains a release clause of 52 million pounds, and Arsenal has clearly informed Real Sociedad that the clause will be activated, and now Arsenal only need to reach a personal agreement with Zubimendi, Arteta and Merino are lobbyists.

Zubimendi was expected to move to the Premier League in the summer window last year, when he almost reached an agreement with Liverpool, and in the end the player chose to stay with Real Sociedad for another season, and now Zubimendi is close to joining Arsenal and Arteta to win the Premier League title in this summer window.