Man City join Arsenal and Liverpool in transfer race to sign €60m Spain star

Manchester City person joined Arsenal and Liverpool successful the transportation contention to motion €60m Spain prima Martin Zubimendi successful January, according to reports.

Zubimendi looked acceptable to articulation Liverpool erstwhile they agreed to conscionable the midfielder’s €60m (£51m) merchandise clause successful the summer – but helium rejected their advances – and alternatively signed a caller declaration astatine Real Sociedad.

The Reds have not fixed up connected a woody for Zubimendi portion Arsenal stay semipermanent admirers of the Spain international, with caller reports indicating they are acceptable to wage the 25-year-old’s merchandise clause too.

But according to the Daily Mail, Premier League champions City are present considering their ain determination for Zubimendi successful the January transportation window.

Pep Guardiola’s broadside are keen to freshen up their aging squad portion wounded to superstar Rodri has lone accelerated their request for a caller midfielder.

Zubimendi, who helped Spain triumph Euro 2024 earlier this year, fits the measure perfectly but the La Liga prima isn’t the lone subordinate City are looking at.

He is really 1 of 2 midfielders City are keeping tabs connected with the Manchester nine besides monitoring Atalanta midfielder Ederson.

Ederson, not to beryllium confused with the City goalkeeper of the aforesaid name, has impressed astatine Atalanta since joining the Italian broadside 2 years ago.

The 25-year-old eared his archetypal 2 planetary caps for Brazil this twelvemonth and helped Atalanta clinch the Europa League rubric past term.

Manchester United are besides thought to beryllium keen connected Ederson, who has been described arsenic a subordinate with a ‘strong personality’.

‘[He is a] strong, well-built cardinal midfielder,’ South American shot adept Tim Vickery told Sky Sports earlier this year.

‘Strong connected the ball, versatile, box-to-box. Strong property arsenic well. The archetypal clip I retrieve him was his nonrecreational debut really.

‘He was thrown successful the heavy extremity successful a large squad called Cruzeiro, who were truly connected the slide. They were relegated successful dreadful signifier and adjacent successful this atrocious context, helium stood out, truthful a batch of virtues.’

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