Martín Zubimendi has claimed his future stays open regardless of robust hyperlinks to Arsenal, and admits new Actual Madrid boss Xabi Alonso is his “idol.”
Arsenal have been engaged on a deal for the Actual Sociedad and Spain midfielder for numerous months and sources have advised ESPN {that a} deal is shut, pending a medical.
Zubimendi, nevertheless, has insisted he would not know the way the summer season switch window will play out. Arsenal, Madrid and Liverpool — who the 26-year-old turned down final summer season — are all choices, whereas a keep at Sociedad can be on the desk.
“In fact there are alternatives, however it’s true that it appears to be like like it should be a special, lengthy summer season, and I do not know the way it should finish,” Zubimendi advised Radio Nacional from the Spain nationwide crew’s camp.
“Proper now, fascinated about it is not my precedence. I am right here with the nationwide crew, which is already fairly demanding, and if I’ve to say one thing, then I’ll.”
Final week, Zubimendi posted photographs from his Instagram account exhibiting him at a seaside in San Sebastian, after reviews that he was in the UK for an Arsenal medical.
He defined: “It is an instance of what surrounds the world of soccer. Typically I get up and browse issues I did not know I would achieved, and that was an instance.
“It is true that I do not take it too severely, however with these photographs I wished to emphasize that that wasn’t the fact of what was taking place.”
Whereas Zubimendi, who has spent his complete profession at Sociedad, categorises a transfer to Madrid as one other “speculation,” he has mentioned Alonso is one in every of his idols.
“I’ve at all times mentioned that he was my idol and that for me it was a stroke of luck that he was in a position to coach me within the reserve crew in an important yr,” Zubimendi added.
“[But] I do not like to speak about these hypotheses, I like to speak concerning the current. I feel it will be disrespectful to reply a query [about a Madrid move] whereas I am within the nationwide crew, and going through such an necessary competitors.”
Spain play France in a Nations League semifinal on Thursday.