Press reports revealed that a player from the first Spanish national football team rejected an offer from the English club Arsenal, in order to join Barcelona.
\nBarcelona is seeking to sign a number of strong deals in order to strengthen its ranks and compete strongly for all titles under the leadership of new German coach Hansi Flick.<\/p>\n
According to the Spanish newspaper \u201cSport\u201d, the first official attempt to include Zobimendi this summer was from Arsenal, due to coach Mikel Arteta\u2019s desire to strengthen his team\u2019s midfield, after the departure of Mohamed Elneny and the approaching departure of Thomas Partey for the London club.
\nBut the shock came when Zobimendi completely rejected this idea, despite Arsenal\u2019s willingness to pay the release clause in his contract, which is worth 60 million euros.<\/p>\n
The newspaper indicated that the Spanish international will not consider leaving Sociedad unless Barcelona tries to include him, although there is no news about Barcelona\u2019s interest in contracting with him at the present time, as he had previously been a target for Barcelona during the period of coach Xavi Hernandez, but this interest has completely subsided. Before Flick asked to sign the Spanish player again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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