Arsenal ‘reach agreement on four-year’ deal with superstar Spaniard

Arsenal’s first bit of summer business looks to have been wrapped up already, with Mikel Arteta securing a superb compatriot for his side.

Arsenal have apparently made their first steps to replacing some of the stars exiting, however. According to a somewhat contradictory report from TEAMtalk, a four-year contract has been “agreed” with Martin Zubimendi.

The Basque no.6, ranked at no.8 in FourFourTwo’s list of the best defensive midfielders in the world right now, is heavily linked with the North Londoners after The Mail journalist Sami Mokbel broke the exclusive last month that a transfer was “virtually complete”.

Liverpool and Manchester City were both named as having been “beaten” in the race.