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How Liverpool actually feel towards Martin Zubimendi after summer rejection

Charles Jones

Thu 16 January 2025 12:45, UK

Liverpool are having the most remarkable season under Arne Slot.

The Reds are top of the Premi🐬er League and top of the Champions League, and it’s fair to say this wasn’t expected.

Indeed, Arsenal and Man City were title favourites heading💜 into the season, but Liverp🌄ool have crashed that party.

Position	Team	Played MP	Won W	Drawn D	Lost L	For GF	Against GA	Diff GD	Points Pts
1	LiverpoolLiverpool	20	14	5	1	48	20	28	47
2	ArsenalArsenal	21	12	7	2	41	19	22	43
3	Nottm ForestNottingham Forest	21	12	5	4	30	20	10	41
4	NewcastleNewcastle	21	11	5	5	37	22	15	38

Liverpool have played some brilliant stuff this season, and t🐟hey’ve done so off the back of what was a rather disappointing summer transfer window.

Liverpool we🔜ren’t active in the summer, they made just one major addit🤪ion in the shape of Federico Chiesa, and they failed to secure some top targets.

Leny Yoro was a Liverpool target, but he went to Manchester United instead, while Liverpool wanted Martin Zubimendi too.

Liverpool were close to signing Zubimendi, but the player changed his🥂 mind late in the day and decided to stay at Real Sociedad.

Speaking on the Walk On Podcast, James Pearce has now shared so𝄹me insight into how Liverpool feel about Zubimendi after their failed summer transfer.

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How Liverpool feel about Martin Zubimendi

Pearce spoke about the midfielder amid reports Zubimendi is close to joining Arsenal.

The journalist says that Liverpool don’t harbour any hard feelings towarꩲds Zubimendi after he reje🎃cted a move last summer, but he notes that Liverpool may not go back in for the Spaniard after the emergence of Ryan Gravenberch.

“Do you go into the mix that you go back in for a pl🗹ayer that’s turned you down once already?” Pearce asked.

“I was told that Liverpool didn’t really hold it against him because they felt that he’d come under a lot of pressure from Sociedad to change his mind ♉and stay put. But some people don’t want to hear it. But I just think that in terms of prioritising that position, Liv🍌erpool are in a different place now than they were back in August, when myself included was, I wonder if Liverpool don’t sign a holding midfielder.”

How Ryan Gravenberch has improved this season

Pearce says that Liverpool may not need a new holding midfielder due to Ryan Gravenberch’s improvement, a💙nd he’s right.

Gravenberch has improved so much this season, so much so that Gravenberch ha⛎s even been compareꦫd to Patrick Vieira.

The stats tell the story of how Graven🌄berch has stepped up this term.

Gravenberch has improved in pretty muc๊h every key metric this season, and there would be no sense in Liverpool going out and spending massive money on a player like Zubimendi when they already have Gravenberch.

Arsenal, on the other hand, do need a pl𝕴ayer like Zu♍bimendi.

Thomas Partey and Jorginho’s contrac🍎ts are up at the end of the season, and Arsenal do 💛need some new blood in the midfield to replace that potentially outgoing pair.

Liverpool don’t have any hard feelings against Zubimendi, but they’re probably not going to sign him no♋w.