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.
Barcelona 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.
According to the Spanish newspaper “Sport”, the first official attempt to include Zobimendi this summer was from Arsenal, due to coach Mikel Arteta’s desire to strengthen his team’s midfield, after the departure of Mohamed Elneny and the approaching departure of Thomas Partey for the London club.
But the shock came when Zobimendi completely rejected this idea, despite Arsenal’s willingness to pay the release clause in his contract, which is worth 60 million euros.
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’s 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.