Arsenal officially announced that it would sign 26-year-old Spanish midfielder Zubimendi from Real Sociedad. According to local Spanish media Gipuzkoa, Real Sociedad can receive a transfer fee of up to 70 million euros from this transfer.

It is reported that Real Sociedad and Arsenal have gone through a series of negotiations on the transfer, and finally agreed to a plan to pay a slightly higher than the termination fee, but can be paid in installments. Zubimendi's final transfer fee is between 66 million and 70 million euros.

The transfer fee figure revealed by famous reporter Romano is relatively low, ranging from EUR 64 million to EUR 65 million.

In addition, as Real Sociedad hopes to include transfers in the next fiscal year, the official announcement was delayed until July. After the tragedy of the death of the Ruta brothers, all parties finally put the official announcement today out of respect.