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After rejecting Liverpool to stay at Real Sociedad last summer, Zubimendi ‘seems determined to change his surroundings’ this time around. With some already thinking that he’d signed for Arsenal, the Spain international ‘received a call that has changed everything’ as the ‘possibility of signing for Real Madrid exists’.

For weeks, it felt like it was a matter of time before the Spanish midfield made the move to Arsenal. Recent reports on Diario AS suggest that Real Madrid have entered the race to sign the 26-year-old in the last minute in an attempt to hijack Arsenal's deal.