“Not bad” – Arsenal star happy with Real Madrid’s interest – only Gunners suggestion in mind

Arsenal midfielder Martin Zubimendi
Arsenal midfielder Martin Zubimendi

armory Defeated Sporting in the last eight and secured a place in the Champions League semi-finals.

The Gunners won the first leg 1-0 in Portugal and the return leg at the Emirates ended in a goalless draw on Wednesday. That meant Kai Havertz’s goal last week proved to be the difference between the two sides.

Martin Zubimendi played the full 90 minutes in both legs against the Lions. He has been a regular under Mikel Arteta since joining the Gunners from Real Sociedad in July 2025, playing 3,842 minutes in 48 matches.

His Premier League statistics are as follows:

  • Appearances: 32
  • Start: 31
  • Total minutes: 2,680
  • Minutes per game: 84

Before his move to the north London club, there were reports of interest from Real Madrid. Last October, he refused to discuss The La Liga giants said he has “tried everything” to join Arsenal.

Real Madrid link follow Arsenal star

After yesterday’s match, Arsenal’s Martin Zubimendi spoke to Cadena Ser’s El Larguero and uncheck Has released his comments.

There have been no concrete claims of Real Madrid’s interest in the 27-year-old recently, but that hasn’t stopped them from being asked about it.

Responding to that he said: “I don’t have any answers, but I’m not paying much attention to them all. I guess it’s in the past, and I have other things on my mind. It’s not a bad thing.”

Mikel Arteta’s side will face Atletico Madrid, who defeated Barcelona, ​​in the Champions League semi-finals.

Upon facing Diego Simeone’s side, Zubimendi explained: “I know them well already, and this weekend they have a match against Real Sociedad, so we’ll see how it goes. Anyway, I think they are in very good form, with a lot of confidence and emotion, as is typical of Atlético de Madrid. We already know them from the group stage, but this will be different.”

The midfielder on the Gunners’ recent struggles

Arsenal have won one of their last five matches in all competitions. In the same period, the Gunners lost to Manchester City in the EFL Cup final and were knocked out of the FA Cup by Southampton. This includes the league defeat to AFC Bournemouth last weekend.

Mikel Arteta top the table, six points behind second-placed Manchester City, who have a game in hand.

Martin Zubimendi also spoke to reporters in the mixed area infobae Has released his comments.

On the Premier League’s three recent defeats, he said: “It’s been tough, for the team and for me personally. We have games every three days. When you’re injured, you have to recover quickly, and today [against Sporting] There is proof of this.”

Arsenal’s remaining matches this season

The Gunners have six league matches and at least two more in the Champions League this season.

Their fixture list is as follows:

  • vs manchester city [away] on 19th April
  • v newcastle [home] on 25th April
  • atlético madrid [away] on 29th April
  • in fulham [home] on 2 may
  • atlético madrid [home] on 5 may
  • vs west ham [away] on 10th may
  • v burnley [home] tbd
  • v Crystal Palace on 24 May


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‘More than a suggestion’ – Tottenham in midst of sensational swap deal

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The futures of Randal Kolo Muani and Jonathan David could be linked in the summer transfer window. Tottenham could find themselves in the middle of all this.

The French striker arrived at the London club on a dry loan deal last summer. He has only one goal to his name in the Premier League but has scored four times in the Champions League, which gives a glimpse of his potential.

David has found himself in a similar situation in Turin. He arrived at Juve on a free transfer but his spell has been full of inconsistency.

sports witness It covers how Tottenham tried to sign the Canadian in the summer and may get another chance to land him at the end of the season. Older women considering separation from David and TODAY gazzetta dello sport Let’s take a detailed look at his plan.

Juventus considering swap for Tottenham player

Pink Daly state Juve are considering a swap deal involving Kolo Muani and David. They are willing to offer the Canada international to Paris Saint-Germain in a bid to bring the Frenchman back to Turin.

It is considered a convenient way to execute a complex deal and the idea is ‘more than a suggestion’ right now.

It is believed that relations between PSG and Juventus have now been repaired. This seems quite optimistic, especially after the chaos of last summer.

Kolo Muani, 27, is out of Luis Enrique’s plans and Luis Campos finally wants to get rid of him. Since he has signed two loan deals away from PSG, they would now prefer his permanent exit rather than another temporary move.

The newspaper is convinced that PSG want €40 million to sell their player permanently. Juve would willingly accept such a huge sum to let David go.

How might Tottenham be affected by the deal?

It seems highly unlikely that Tottenham will talk to PSG about signing Kolo Muani permanently. He has also suffered from repeated injuries, which is likely to affect his perception in London.

In that scenario it would have no impact on Spurs. There’s always the possibility that they could buy Kolo Muani themselves and then swap him for David, but they would probably be able to get the Juve player at a lower price.

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Rick Pitino makes wild suggestion of NBA All-Star Game

On Sunday night, the NBA All-Star Weekend festivities concluded with the game itself, which actually consisted of four 12-minute games as part of a round robin tournament. The young American team won the tournament, defeating a team filled with US veterans as well as international players, with Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards winning the All-Star Game MVP award.

The NBA has changed the All-Star Game format several times over the past few years in an effort to drum up any kind of competitive spirit among the players, and the product appeared to be an improvement on Sunday compared to what we’ve seen before.

However, that didn’t stop St. John’s head coach and basketball icon Rick Pitino from proposing another idea to move the event forward.

“It’s great to see the new format with the All-Star Game. I suggested the NBA do the Ryder Cup with basketball. Starting in Greece and then going back to the states. It would be incredible and even more popular than the Ryder Cup,” he wrote on Twitter.

The NBA implementing its own version of golf’s Ryder Cup would certainly be worth seeing, and would continue the theme of US vs. international players that started this year.

For now, it seems like the league is happy with what we saw from the players on Sunday night, as the game lived up to the billing and produced some entertainment for the fans in attendance at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.

Now, the league will move forward into an expanded season, although Adam Silver and company still have a ton of questions to answer, including the rise of artificial intelligence, gambling, and a number of other factors that could have a major impact on the game as we know it.


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Stephen Curry’s ‘only real suggestion’ for fixing the terrible All-Star Game

On Sunday afternoon, the NBA All-Star Game will take place from the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, home of the Clippers. Unfortunately, Golden State Warriors star point guard Stephen Curry will not be able to attend the event due to his recovery from a knee injury, but he was still in attendance at the media day to answer some questions.

One of the major talking points at this year’s All-Star Game was the players’ lack of effort in the game in recent years, and now, Curry has offered a possible solution to the problem.

“I guess, the only thing I would think about is shortening the game. That might be the only real suggestion I would have, because it’s hard to replicate the intensity of a regular season game and no one is asking anyone to treat it like a playoff game with these types of stakes, but maybe a shorter game,” Curry said, per Chaz NBA, via Hoopship on YouTube.

The league has tried several different formats in the All-Star Game in recent years, this year going with a USA vs. World setup that would consist of multiple 12-minute games in a round robin tournament, followed by a championship match.

Last season the players did not bother to put in much effort with various tactics employed by the league office to resolve the issue, and many fans doubt that this year will be any different, despite the fact that the players’ lack of effort has now become a major talking point for the event.

Curry is known as one of the few players who wants to put on a show for the fans during All-Star weekend, and it will certainly be disappointing for fans in attendance that he is unable to go.

Tipoff is scheduled for 5:00 pm ET.


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