{"id":65488,"date":"2025-08-14T03:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T03:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/65488\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T03:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T03:29:08","slug":"pundits-tip-arsenal-player-to-be-signing-of-the-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/65488\/","title":{"rendered":"Pundits tip Arsenal player to be signing of the summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Mark Chapman and David Ornstein believe Arsenal may have made the signing of the summer with Martin Zubimendi, despite plenty of high-profile deals in the current window.<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/504274673_18523525321024198_5817483302254141766_n-1024x763.jpg\" alt=\"Martin Zubimendi signing his Arsenal contract alongside sporting director Andrea Berta (Photo via Arsenal on Instagram)\" class=\"wp-image-332067\" title=\"Pundits tip Arsenal player to be signing of the summer 2\" \/>Photo via Arsenal on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 summer transfer window has been a busy one, with plenty of big-money players changing hands.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal alone have made six first-team signings, as have Manchester City, and that doesn\u2019t even put them at the top of the list, with Chelsea making eight and Sunderland confirming 11 so far.<\/p>\n<p>Four of the big-six clubs have spent big on strikers, with Arsenal signing <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/tag\/viktor-gyokeres\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Viktor Gyokeres<\/a>, Chelsea signing <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/tag\/joao-pedro\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joao Pedro<\/a>, Manchester United signing <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/tag\/benjamin-sesko\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benjamin Sesko<\/a>, and Liverpool attempting to bring in both <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/tag\/hugo-ekitike\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hugo Ekitike<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/tag\/alexander-isak\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander Isak<\/a> \u2013 though only Ekitike is confirmed so far.<\/p>\n<p>Yet David Ornstein and Mark Chapman have told <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sportsagentspod\/status\/1955603986142159153\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Sports Agents<\/a> podcast that they believe the current signing of the summer is not a forward, but an Arsenal midfielder.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/arsenal-v-newcastle-pre-season-friendly-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE: Martin Zubimendi of Arsenal in action during the Pre-Season Friendly between Arsenal FC and Newcastle United at the National Stadium on July 27, 2025. (Photo by Yong Teck Lim\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-334912\" title=\"Pundits tip Arsenal player to be signing of the summer 3\" \/>Photo by Yong Teck Lim\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one that they had already lined up, that [Andrea] Berta helped push over the line, that Edu and [Jason] Ayto had worked on was Zubimendi, who I think could be one of the best signings in the Premier League this summer,\u201d Ornstein <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sportsagentspod\/status\/1955603986142159153\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a>. \u201cAbsolutely magnificent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a top player for club and country, we know Liverpool tried to sign him last summer and that speaks volumes because of the quality of Liverpool\u2019s recruitment department.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s the signing of the transfer window so far,\u201d Chapman responded. \u201c[With] the money and how they\u2019ve done it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/arsenal-fc-v-ac-milan-pre-season-friendly-4.jpg\" alt=\"SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE: Martin Zubimendi of Arsenal in action during the Pre-Season Friendly match between Arsenal FC and AC Milan at the National Stadium on July 23, 2025. (Photo by Yong Teck Lim\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-334911\" title=\"Pundits tip Arsenal player to be signing of the summer 4\" \/>Photo by Yong Teck Lim\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Zubimendi has certainly starred for Arsenal in pre-season so far, and Gunners fans will be grateful he helped Gyokeres get off the mark by assisting the Swede\u2019s first goal against Athletic Club on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder was named Arsenal\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Arsenal\/status\/1954286815579443427\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Player of the Match<\/a>, and he seems to have universal backing among supporters ahead of the new campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it\u2019s another thing entirely to do it in the competitive fixtures. But this is a player with plenty of European experience with Real Sociedad and Spain. 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