Martín Zubimendi said his future remains open despite solid ties Arsenaland admits new real Madrid The boss Xabi Alonso is his “idol”.
Arsenal worked on an agreement for Real Sociedad And Spain midfielder for several months and Sources said to Espn That an agreement is close, awaiting a medical.
Zubimendi, however, insisted that he does not know how the summer transfer window will take place. Arsenal, Madrid and Liverpool – that the 26 -year -old refused last summer – are all options, while a stay in Sociedad is also on the table.
“Of course, there are options, but it is true that it seems that it will be a different and long summer, and I do not know how it will end,” said Zubimenddi Nacional radio from the camp of the Spanish national team.
“Right now, thinking about it is not my priority. I am here with the national team, which is already quite demanding, and if I have to say something, then I will do it.”
Last week, Zubimenddi published photos of his Instagram account showing him in a beach in San Sebastian, after reporting that he was in the United Kingdom for an Arsenal medical.
He explained: “This is an example of what surrounds the world of football. Sometimes I wake up and I read things I didn’t know I had done, and it was an example.
“It is true that I do not take it too seriously, but with these photos, I wanted to emphasize that it was not the reality of what was going on.”
While Zubimendi, who spent his entire career in Sociedad, categorizes a move to Madrid like another “hypothesis”, he said that Alonso is one of his idols.
“I always said he was my idol and that for me, it was a stroke of luck that he was able to coach me in the reserve team during a very important year,” added Zubimenddi.
“(But) I don’t like to talk about these hypotheses, I like to talk about the present. I think it would be disrespectful to answer a question (on a Madrid movement) while I am in the national team and faced with such an important competition.”
Spain plays France In a semi-final of the League of Nations on Thursday.