{"id":495771,"date":"2026-03-26T04:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T04:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/495771\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T04:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T04:30:07","slug":"arsenal-midfielder-dubbed-second-best-in-world-behind-man-city-star-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/495771\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal midfielder dubbed &#039;second best in world&#039; behind Man City star &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxONXBMeVl1SmdFYUF6ekUyelpKLTFjbWlrVXJEbTNNdUtGcl9tWjFMNlR4YzhtUHNBN3REWWRJalZDRWdWT1BQRHFpalM2MVdycUh0Y09STGVmb0RwLXpQck5aWWs5d1BYLWxCU2d3enVVUWR2eWRSR0FaRXV1dDY2b0Z4V2FxM2NvenhaRm1DWXRrNjMtNjdlSVNNT1F0NndCSW9MRjNHd3Y?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Arsenal midfielder dubbed &#8216;second best in world&#8217; behind Man City star<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZ0FVX3lxTFA1UW45cmItNTBPa2owVHE3NEdKU3k3a1JhZnJGdG81UlZYZl9GS091U0hub0RyajlSOWd4ekYtc21zNFF0U1ppc2lJSEdpckwwN2lwenVUYnkxUHFIWi1ZTVVBZmRfY0k?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rodri v Zubimendi &#8211; the battle for a Spain spot<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifEFVX3lxTFBiaHgzeVRZclhxMFhXNWRYZU1PeXdrbG1JN3RBaEZmTHJMNWRRWkZoUTc3LVlEZjFUNFJvV0tVUUp6WFFUX2RYUjdkdkQ0NGNHRlhxRGpZTUt6SWlYU2VZcWIza2oyY05ydHBITjR1elNlUjZUa1k3aEhxWUk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Martin Zubimendi Arsenal impact earns Spain praise<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Read Arsenal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxNZ21nMnA0dkowY1hnaDRsV0xWbVo3YVdtVkZUeTlWSWFGQ0pXVWk4d2s2b0VickQ4b0QzazFfRnpoUDlKLXVxc1FHbVI2OElhM1R1cUltWEN5QUxWcjFCd3FvRE5wNjdmNUtrRFBGZV9CTXQ1WnJLakIyWUlFWHYxZXdpVjZtX1Z1RmVYYjh1d1QwczQ1anBnMmx0eTJHWXZ6UkUwdmFKTmczRnNBOFBONXp6bHI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spain manager Luis de la Fuente names two best defensive midfielders in the world<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Daily Post Nigeria<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxONDVLT2oyU285VGJPTXhJM2NpYnhJUVppc0pKenEtNVdLWWlLd3lWRjBSVVJUN3IwUlItODdybnF1cW42WG1qSnJtR0k1UG1pSXRqZW9XamVOb0g0YUJGYTJqMnE0c212Sy1sMVV2ZHJxWXZhVUpDTmJjVDA1bHl2VkwzY19pNGhySkFoM1Z4OA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Arsenal player named &#8216;best in the world&#8217; by national team boss alongside Man City rival<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Football London<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal midfielder dubbed &#8216;second best in world&#8217; behind Man City star&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardRodri v Zubimendi &#8211; the battle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,27162,29523,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-495771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-martin-zubimendi","tag-rodri","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}