Arsenal target insists he has not made decision on his future | OneFootball

Arsenal target Martin Zubimendi insists he does not know how this summer will pan out despite reports that he is close to a move to the Gunners.

Mikel Arteta would like to sign the Spanish midfielder this summer, who currently plays for Real Sociedad.

But the 26-year-old says he has not yet decided on his future.

“Of course there are options, but it’s true that it looks like it’s going to be a different, long summer, and I don’t know how it’s going to end,” he told Radio Nacional ahead of Spain’s Nations League game against France.

“Right now, thinking about it isn’t my priority. I’m here with the national team, which is already quite demanding, and if I have to say something, then I will.”

Zubimendi also claims there has been a lot of misinformation about his future going around, having last week posted a picture showing him at a beach in San Sebastian amid reports he was signing for Arsenal.

“It’s an example of what surrounds the world of football,” he continued. “Sometimes I wake up and read things I didn’t know I’d done, and that was an example.

“It’s true that I don’t take it too seriously, but with those photos I wanted to emphasise that that wasn’t the reality of what was happening.”

Zubimendi has also been linked with a move to Real Madrid in the past, and praised the club’s new boss Xabi Alonso, who coached Zubimendi while at Real Sociedad.

“I’ve always said that he was my idol and that for me it was a stroke of luck that he was able to coach me in the reserve team in a very important year,” Zubimendi said.

“I don’t like to talk about those hypotheses, I like to talk about the present. I think it would be disrespectful to answer a question [about a Madrid move] while I’m in the national team, and facing such an important competition.”