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Romano: Zhekelais is willing to give up 2 million salary for Arsenal! Gunners will offer Maduaike
3:03pm, 7 July 2025【Football】
Official: Arsenal announced that he had signed Zubimendi from Real Sociedad, and the two sides signed a long-term contract (it is said to be 5 years).
Zubimendi, 26, is from Real Sociedad youth training. He currently plays 236 first-team games for the team and won the 19-20 season (postponed) King's Cup championship with Merino in April 2021. In the 2022-23 season, Zubimende helped Real Sociedad get fourth in La Liga, and has qualified for the Champions League for the third time in team history. At the national team level, Zubimendi has played 19 games for the Bullfighting Legion, helping Spain win the 2023 European League championship and the 2024 European Cup.
Zubimedi will wear the No. 36 jersey at Arsenal, and the transfer fee for the transaction is 65 million euros.
Zubimedi said in an interview with the official website: "This is an important moment in my career, this is the transfer I am looking forward to, and it is what I want. From the moment you set foot in Arsenal, you will know how grand this club and this team are. The reason I want to join Arsenal is because the football style here is very suitable for me. They have shown their potential recently, and the best moment has not yet arrived."
In fact, this deal was almost finalized in January, and all the details were completed in the beginning of the summer, but it was only officially announced at the request of Real Sociedad. There is also news that Arsenal originally wanted to officially announce Zubimendi a few days ago, but happened to encounter the tragedy of Jota's death, so it was postponed. This is reasonable, and Arsenal's approach is correct.
Welcome to the factory!
In this way, the midfield position has also been strengthened. Although it is a pity to lose Thomas, Zubimendi's joining has made the midfield younger. In addition, Noelgao can be considered that the midfield position has not been relegated at least. In fact, the midfield is Arsenal's advantageous position. It is enough to not drop significantly in this position. The key is to strengthen the front line!
Ordgou, Rice, and Zubimendi can also guarantee the lower limit to a certain extent, and this transaction is no problem! Arsenal is worthy of gratitude to attract the favorable interests of Liverpool, Manchester City and Real Madrid in recent years!
Almost all transfer news today. In fact, because there is too much progress in other places, even Zubi Mendi’s official announcement has not been very popular... Let’s watch it one by one.
Romano tweeted: After reaching an agreement with Maduaike on personal terms, Arsenal is preparing to submit an initial offer for the winger.
Maduaike has agreed to a five-year contract and the players have approved the transfer.
The rumors about Maduaike continue to ferment, let's talk about them together after reading them. According to German Sky Sports, the Gunners and Chelsea plan to start negotiations this week after Maduaike agreed to join Arsenal.
At present, Arsenal has reached a completely agreement with the players on a contract that expires in 2030, and Chelsea's valuation of Maduaike is about 60 million euros.
Arsenal has not submitted a formal offer yet, but they are preparing for the offer.
German Sky Sports finally changed its words and said that it has not yet made a quote, but according to major news, it is indeed only a matter of time before the quotation is made, and Arsenal will definitely give it a try.
Telegraph reporters SD and SW jointly issued a statement saying that Chelsea is expected to claim more than £50 million for Arsenal target Maduaike, but it is not clear whether the Gunners are willing to provide such an offer.
reported that confidence is growing and stronger about Maduaike's rapid joining Arsenal. Chelsea spent £30 million to sign the winger from Eindhoven that year, and they hope to get a big profit from him. In fact, Newcastle is willing to pay at least £50 million recently to sign Ilanga of Nottingham Forest, and the Blues will notice this as a reference.
Maduaike can play on both sides, so after joining Arsenal, he can be used as a rotation for Saka, or compete for the starting position on the left.
So far, Maduaike has 13 goals and 5 assists in 67 Premier League games.
Let's talk about Maduaike.
The transaction progressed very quickly. Judging from the news in the past two days, the personal terms have been negotiated and a five-year contract has been reached. So this is definitely not a means of lowering the price, because you have already planned a contract, just spread rumors about the price. Why do you have to draw a contract? It takes this manpower and material resources... so Arsenal must really want Maduaike.
But Arsenal has no offer yet, so the variables are still very large.
How much does Chelsea cost?
The Telegraph said that it was more than 50 million pounds, and the German Sky Sports said that it was about 60 million euros. It was actually similar, but this price is definitely a rotation candidate... The Telegraph also mentioned that Chelsea referred to the example of Newcastle quotation for Elanga, but Elanga was a thigh in Nottingham Forest, and buying Newcastle was also the main force; Maduaike was a rotation at Chelsea, and buying Arsenal is likely to be a rotation, which is different...
Of course, Arsenal It may not be satisfied with Chelsea's asking price, and I don't think it can be satisfied either. I bought him 50 million pounds, plus Zhekeray and Moscarat, and this 130 million pounds have been in. I haven't cleaned up people well this summer, so it's impossible to operate Rodrigo again, without such a lot of budget...
Even, I think it would be difficult to buy Maduaike and sign Eze again. It would be better to let Nvanelli be the rotation of Saka in the new season, buy Eze, taking into account the No. 10 position and the left winger. If Eze and Maduaike choose one, I will choose Eze.
It's useless to say too much, it depends on the club's plan.
The highlight of today is Zhekelais! The center finally started to make progress!
CNN Portugal news, the Arsenal delegation came to Lisbon on Friday to "relieve the deadlock in negotiations with Portugal's sports".
It is reported that Zhekelais will join Arsenal for a fixed fee of 65 million euros plus a floating 10-15 million euros (of which 5 million are easy to achieve).
Actually, judging from the news of the recent day, Arsenal is indeed promoting the trade of Zhekelais, but it has not yet reached the level of joining, but it has made great progress! Let’s talk about it after watching it together. According to Sky Sports, Arsenal is pushing for the acquisition of Zhekelais and the negotiations have entered an in-depth stage.
reported that no agreement has been reached between the clubs, but all parties seem to be interested in promoting the transfer, and the players' personal terms are not a problem. Portugal Sports has allowed the striker to postpone his return to the team for pre-season training.
The news of Sky Sports this summer is relatively conservative, or lagging behind. In fact, even conservative sources like DO say that personal terms have been agreed upon!
And it is not "allowed" by Zhekelais to postpone his return to the team, so they didn't plan to return to the team again!
Romano tweeted: After a new round of negotiations on Sunday, Arsenal is getting closer to signing Dzekelish. The striker will not return to Portugal Sports for training, he is completely focused on leaving the team this summer, and Arsenal is now pushing the trade further. Nothing has been finalized yet, but negotiations are underway.
Then Romano released a video specifically saying that the deal is expected to be confirmed here we go soon! In other words, although an agreement has not been reached for the transfer fee, Romano believes that this is not a problem!
Romano tweeted: Zhekelais has reached a completely agreement with Arsenal on the terms of the contract and has informed Portugal Sports that he wants to join Arsenal.
Zhekelais has no intention of negotiating other options, he just wants to advance the completion of the transaction to join Arsenal as soon as possible.
Light tweets are not satisfied, and Romano also talked about the deal on his YouTube channel.
Romano talked about Arsenal's signings on YouTube.
Romano said: "In the past 24-48 hours, Zhekelais has informed Portugal Sports in a very clear and tough tone that he only wants to join Arsenal and will not participate in Portugal Sports' pre-season training this week. For Arsenal, the deal is really close to completion.
Currently, Portugal Sports, Arsenal and the agent are constantly communicating, and Zhekelais will contact the agent every hour to understand the progress! He is very excited to join Arsenal, And it is pushing for the deal!
In addition, Arsenal is planning to submit a formal offer for Maduaike, but I have been told that the two clubs have a big difference in valuation of Maduaike. Let's see how the dialogue is going. Arsenal is still continuing to communicate with Eze's agent, but they have not yet contacted Crystal Palace about this deal."
It can be seen that compared to Seshko, Zhekelais is true love for Arsenal, and he is the mentality of becoming a leader if he fails to succeed. Be firm and do a miracle!
Maduaike's situation, Romano said here that the valuation varies greatly, this is normal. Who would spend 50 million pounds to buy Maduaike? With this money, Arsenal should also buy Echeviri, Estewan like Manchester City, Chelsea, Real Madrid (this is really strong), and those top demons like Mastantono, isn't that good...
As for Eze, if you really buy Maduaike first, I'm not sure whether Arsenal will buy Eze again, so I won't give Nvanelli The road to survival is blocked, the side of the middle road is blocked... And I'm afraid that I'll buy Eze at a high price, and it's still Odgao and Martin Jr. starter, which is equivalent to 100 million and earning two substitutes, which is too luxurious...
Mirror Uncle Jiang reported that Arsenal has reached an agreement with Zhekelais on a five-year contract with a weekly salary of more than 200,000 pounds, but Portugal Sports still wants to maintain a tough stance on transfer fees. They want to play 70 million pounds, and Arsenal is working hard to reach an agreement on the cost issue.
Uncle Jiang is the only reporter I have seen who mentioned weekly salary, but compared to the other masters, Uncle Jiang looks like Caramy little...
Also, don't worry about the salary, Romano said in the early morning that Zhekelais even consciously accepted salary cuts in order to join Arsenal.
Romano tweeted: To promote negotiations between Arsenal and Portuguese Sports, Dzekelish has agreed to give up his salary of 2 million euros, but compared with the Gunners' offer, Portuguese Sports insists on wanting higher transfer fees.
In short, in order to facilitate this transaction, Zhekelais was willing to sacrifice some of his economic interests.
Zhekelais wants to join, and he can see the sun and the moon. He has voluntarily given up part of his salary...
However, the transfer fee has not been negotiated yet, and the asking price for Portugal Sports is higher. Let's see how it is going this week. According to TA reporter DO, Arsenal is in-depth negotiations on the acquisition of Zhekelais from Portugal Sports.
At present, Arsenal has reached an agreement with Zhekelais on a five-year contract, and negotiations on transfer fees are underway. The 27-year-old striker only wants to join the Gunners. Arteta is pushing for the completion of the acquisition as soon as possible.
DO also said that the contract has reached an agreement, which shows that there is no problem.
Let's talk about it briefly:
The last day has been really exciting. The center has finally made progress, and it is Zhekelais that many people are optimistic about. The center you want is likely to be coming! There is no need to say more about the contract. The five-year contract has been reached. Uncle Jiang said that his weekly salary is more than 200,000 pounds. I think it is a little higher, but the main center of the championship team, plus the age of Zhekelais, it is not an exaggeration to do this!
Judging from the news about DO and Romano and others, Dzekelish only wants to join Arsenal, he just wants to! So he had no intention of negotiating with other teams at all, and informed Portugal Sports that he played the game clearly! Playing is just a conspiracy!
So with Zhekelais' attitude, although Arsenal has not reached an agreement on the transfer fee with Portugal Sports, I think the situation is quite optimistic and is beneficial to Arsenal. After all, I don't believe that Portugal Sports really dares to stay Zhekelais for a year, and you will really not be able to sell it next year at 28.
This is the last window period! It is also because of this reason. Although I have never liked players who force my parent team to release them, Dzekelish is understandable. After all, if he doesn't leave, he will really have no chance in his career...
So in terms of specific costs, the current mainstream saying is that Portugal Sports wants a total price of about 80 million euros, a down payment of 65 million, and a floating rate of 10-15 million. I think this price is still high, and it is more appropriate to have a 70-75 million euros, depending on Berta's negotiation ability.
To be honest, if it is more than 750 million euros, it will be no cheap price until now, but it is better to be able to come than not!
In addition, the Telegraph's SD said that although Arsenal is promoting the trade of Zhekelais, there is no sign that the team has completely abandoned Sheshko or other goals. My understanding is that Arsenal cannot sign two centers at the same time. It should be that Zhekelais's trade has not yet reached a complete agreement, and there are always variables.
But overall it is very optimistic. Leipzig is too greedy and Seshko does not have such a strong desire to join. Just Zhekelais!
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