Barca News
The Spanish newspaper El Nacional said that Barcelona is about to receive a new blow in the current summer transfer market at the hands of the English club Arsenal and its coach Mikel Arteta.
Arteta succeeded in returning Arsenal to the ranks of the seniors again after Manchester City competed for the English Premier League title until the last round and qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League last season.
Arsenal and Barcelona are seeking to strengthen their teams in the current summer Mercato, and their desires collided with one goal: Real Sociedad midfielder Martín Zubimendi.
Since Barcelona announced the signing of German coach Hansi Flick to succeed Xavi Hernandez, there has been strong news about the German’s desire to strengthen the position of the defensive midfielder.
Flick called on Barcelona to sign Joshua Kimmich, but Bayern Munich’s financial demands, as well as the midfielder’s exorbitant salary of 13 million euros, made signing him almost impossible.
Barcelona’s attention once again turned to Martín Zubimendi, who wanted Xavi to sign with him at any cost, but Real Sociedad would also not agree to release him except in exchange for a release clause of 60 million euros, a number that is far from Barcelona’s financial capacity.
So, Arsenal showed up and offered the player to pay his release clause and sign him, according to El Nacional.
