Chelsea exhibiting shock curiosity in signing Arsenal midfielder Martin Zubimendi

Chelsea will start their Premier League marketing campaign in two weeks from now with a conflict in opposition to Fulham, however the way forward for one in every of their most vital gamers from current seasons, Enzo Fernandez, stays uncertain.

With the Argentine worldwide expressing a need to depart Stamford Bridge on the finish of final season, no new suitor has emerged to this point however there stays a probability that he switches pastures in some unspecified time in the future within the ongoing switch window.

On that be aware, Mundo Deportivo has reported that Chelsea are eager on signing Arsenal midfielder Martin Zubimendi, who could possibly be obtainable for a switch this month after the Gunners acquired Bruno Guimaraes from Newcastle United.

Xabi Alonso is very insistent on Zubimendi’s buy, as per the supply, having additionally requested Actual Madrid to carry him in final summer season. The Spaniard is coming into 2026/27 off the again of a World Cup win and has a £64 million valuation.

Wonderful signing for the Blues

No matter Enzo Fernandez’s future at Chelsea, the Blues require a deeper-lying midfielder following Andrey Santos’ sale to Manchester United. Romeo Lavia, one in every of their promising choices within the engine room, has a really inconsistent health file.

Martin Zubimendi was key to Arsenal’s title-winning marketing campaign final 12 months in a deeper-lying function beside Declan Rice in midfield, along with his press resistance, ahead passing and imaginative and prescient to interrupt the opposition’s traces proving useful over the course of the season.

Defensively, Zubimendi is powerful aerially and marks his man properly, alongside being an asset in a coordinated urgent system with out the ball – a tactic that Xabi Alonso is predicted to depend on at Chelsea when taking part in with out possession.

Arsenal signed Zubimendi solely final 12 months and whereas they might be open to his sale after buying Bruno Guimaraes, it stays to be seen if the previous Actual Sociedad star is ready for such an early change in pastures, particularly if meaning becoming a member of a membership that isn’t collaborating in subsequent season’s Champions League.