Arsenal dealt transfer blow as top midfield target rejects Mikel Arteta

The £51million midfielder has no interest in signing for the Gunners.

Martin Zubimendi has a release clause of £51m Martin Zubimendi, one of Mikel Arteta’s top targets for the summer, has no interest in signing for Arsenal, according to reports. Arsenal have long been tracking the Real Sociedad star, and were even tipped to sign him last summer before moving for Declan Rice instead.

Arsenal signed Declan Rice instead of Zubimendi His predecessor Xavi was very keen on Zubimendi, but the German may have other targets in mind, including his former Bayern Munich star Joshua Kimmich. It is also said that Arsenal will not ponder on this disappointing development for long and have alternative targets in mind including Benfica’s Joao Neves who has also been linked with Manchester United.

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