{"id":66853,"date":"2025-05-29T11:39:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T11:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=66853"},"modified":"2025-05-29T11:39:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T11:39:41","slug":"zubimendi-set-for-arsenal-medical-ahead-of-51m-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/29\/zubimendi-set-for-arsenal-medical-ahead-of-51m-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Zubimendi Set for Arsenal Medical Ahead of \u00a351m Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Oluwamayowa Fakande<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Real Sociedad midfielder Martin Zubimendi is on the verge of completing a move to Arsenal, with reports confirming that he is set to undergo a medical ahead of his \u00a351 million transfer.<\/p>\n<p>The deal is reportedly in its final stages, with all necessary documents signed and both clubs reaching full agreement on the terms.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal triggered Zubimendi\u2019s \u00a351m release clause, securing a key summer target for manager Mikel Arteta.<\/p>\n<p>Zubimendi has long been linked with a move to the Emirates, and his arrival comes as Jorginho exits the club to join Flamengo on a free transfer.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Partey\u2019s future at Arsenal remains uncertain, with his contract set to expire next month and no extension in place.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC reports that Zubimendi\u2019s medical is imminent, and an official announcement will follow once the examinations are completed.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal aims to finalise the deal before the 26-year-old joins Spain for the upcoming Nations League finals.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder\u2019s arrival marks Arsenal\u2019s first major signing of the summer transfer window and a significant boost to their squad depth.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners have been monitoring Zubimendi for several months, having fended off previous interest from Liverpool, who failed to lure him to the Premier League last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Zubimendi chose to stay at Real Sociedad at the time, but with the Spanish side missing out on European football next season, he is now ready for a new challenge. At Arsenal, he will reunite with former Sociedad teammates Martin \u00d8degaard and Mikel Merino.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Arsenal continue their search for a new centre-forward, with interest in RB Leipzig\u2019s Benjamin Sesko and Sporting CP\u2019s Viktor Gy\u00f6keres as potential targets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oluwamayowa Fakande Real Sociedad midfielder Martin Zubimendi is on the verge of completing a move to Arsenal, with reports confirming that he is set to undergo a medical ahead of his \u00a351 million transfer. The deal is reportedly in its final stages, with all necessary documents signed and both clubs reaching full agreement on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":66854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66855,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66853\/revisions\/66855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}