{"id":207401,"date":"2024-08-08T15:12:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T15:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/08\/why-liverpool-want-martin-zubimendi-and-the-other-targets-they-have-discussed\/"},"modified":"2024-08-08T15:12:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T15:12:37","slug":"why-liverpool-want-martin-zubimendi-and-the-other-targets-they-have-discussed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/08\/why-liverpool-want-martin-zubimendi-and-the-other-targets-they-have-discussed\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Liverpool want Martin Zubimendi \u2013 and the other targets they have discussed \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Liverpool are exploring a move for Real Sociedad\u2019s Martin Zubimendi as they prioritise finding a holding midfielder,\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>90min<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0understands.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zubimendi has a \u20ac60m (\u00a351.7m) release clause in his contract and the 25-year-old Spain international has always indicated he\u2019s happy at Real Sociedad, turning down a chance to join Arsenal in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool believe they can change his mind and talks are aided by the fact that new sporting director Richard Hughes has a strong relationship with Zubimendi\u2019s agent, Inaki Ibanez.<\/p>\n<p>The appeal of Zubimendi is he is calm and comfortable on the ball under pressure and can act as a deep-lying playmaker.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool are likely to buy a midfielder from abroad this\u00a0transfer\u00a0window as they believe there\u2019s better value for money away from the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds have taken time to slowly their assess transfer market needs.. After wrapping up a pre-season tour of the USA and with key players returning to training following participation at international tournaments, Arne Slot is now giving input to Hughes about the squad at his disposal.<\/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\/01j4pmgkdsbygrtq95js.jpg\" alt=\"Arne Slot\" title=\"Arne Slot\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Slot has been getting to know his new squad \/ Justin Berl\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Liverpool\u00a0have also remained discrete and taken time to ensure they haven\u2019t been blindsided by senior players leaving, instead looking to keep their core group together.<\/p>\n<p>They have discussed Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s Manuel Ugarte, who has a similar asking price to Zubimendi, but they don\u2019t feel he has quite the same passing range.<\/p>\n<p>Atalanta midfielder Ederson was also discussed earlier in the window, though sources say that reports claiming a deal was ever nearly complete were wide of the mark. At that point, the Reds were still assessing their in-house options and drawing up plans for the window ahead, but Liverpool are now ready to dip their toes into the market.<\/p>\n<p>Within the\u00a0Premier League, Newcastle United\u2019s Bruno Guimaraes is appreciated, much like winger Anthony Gordon was, but Liverpool don\u2019t see value in making a bid. Now that Guimaraes\u2019 release clause has expired and\u00a0Newcastle\u00a0believe they are PSR compliant, suitors realise the Brazilian can\u2019t be secured cheaply.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool are exploring a move for Real Sociedad\u2019s Martin Zubimendi as they prioritise finding a holding midfielder,\u00a090min\u00a0understands. Zubimendi has a \u20ac60m (\u00a351.7m) release clause in his contract and the 25-year-old Spain international has always indicated he\u2019s happy at Real Sociedad, turning down a chance to join Arsenal in the past. Liverpool believe they can change [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":207404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207401","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>Why Liverpool want Martin Zubimendi \u2013 and the other targets they have discussed \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\/08\/why-liverpool-want-martin-zubimendi-and-the-other-targets-they-have-discussed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Liverpool want Martin Zubimendi \u2013 and the other targets they have discussed \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Liverpool are exploring a move for Real Sociedad\u2019s Martin Zubimendi as they prioritise finding a holding midfielder,\u00a090min\u00a0understands. 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