{"id":205314,"date":"2024-08-01T16:32:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T16:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/01\/arsenal-reach-verbal-agreement-to-sign-25m-midfielder\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T16:32:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T16:32:29","slug":"arsenal-reach-verbal-agreement-to-sign-25m-midfielder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/01\/arsenal-reach-verbal-agreement-to-sign-25m-midfielder\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal \u2018reach verbal agreement\u2019 to sign \u00a325m midfielder \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Arsenal are closing in on the signing of Mikel Merino from Real Sociedad, according to a report.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Gunners have been scouring the market for a new midfielder this summer and have ramped up efforts to strengthen in that area in recent days.<\/p>\n<p><em>90min<\/em>\u00a0first revealed\u00a0last week that after Riccardo Calafiori\u2019s arrival from Bologna was confirmed, Arsenal would step up their interest in Merino.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fabrizio Romano<\/em>\u00a0now reports that there is an \u2018agreement in place\u2019 between Arsenal and Merino in regards to personal terms, with just a transfer fee left to be sorted.<\/p>\n<p>Real Sociedad are hoping to secure a package in excess of \u00a325m for Merino, who has entered the final 12 months of his contract in the Basque Country. Verbal discussions are ongoing between the two clubs.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/01j46gk7y737ndy7nywg.jpg\" alt=\"Mikel Merino\" title=\"Mikel Merino\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Merino is set to leave Real Sociedad \/ Juan Manuel Serrano Arce\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Merino most recently played a starring role off the bench for Spain during their triumph at Euro 2024, memorably scoring the winning goal in the final minute of their extra-time victory against hosts Germany in the quarter-finals. He has been capped 28 times by La Roja at senior level.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old has been at Real Sociedad since 2018 having joined from Newcastle United, and has since made a staggering 242 appearances for La Reale \u2013\u00a0<em>90min<\/em>\u00a0understands this level of experience was of great appeal to Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>Merino\u2019s teammate for club and country Martin Zubimendi had been extensively linked with Arsenal, as well as the likes of Manchester United and Liverpool, but he has remained steadfast in his desire to stay at Real Sociedad.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal\u00a0have made three senior signings so far this summer, making David Raya\u2019s loan from Brentford permanent as well as acquiring Calafiori and young goalkeeper Tommy Setford.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are closing in on the signing of Mikel Merino from Real Sociedad, according to a report. The Gunners have been scouring the market for a new midfielder this summer and have ramped up efforts to strengthen in that area in recent days. 90min\u00a0first revealed\u00a0last week that after Riccardo Calafiori\u2019s arrival from Bologna was confirmed, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":205317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arsenal \u2018reach verbal agreement\u2019 to sign \u00a325m midfielder \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/01\/arsenal-reach-verbal-agreement-to-sign-25m-midfielder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arsenal \u2018reach verbal agreement\u2019 to sign \u00a325m midfielder \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Arsenal are closing in on the signing of Mikel Merino from Real Sociedad, according to a report. 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