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Arsenal could complete transfer TODAY - and confirm it in July: report

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The first Arsenal signing of the summer is imminent... yet we might not hear about it for another month

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta (Image credit: Future)

Arsenal are ready to complete a transfer today, ahead of the new season.

After finishing second in the league this season, manager Mikel Arteta is looking to improve his Arsenal squad with quality across the park, with a lack of firepower in front of goal cited as a major reason for the drop-off from last season.

The club are believed to be in the market for a new centre-forward, depth in midfield and a new back-up goalkeeper to challenge David Raya.

Arsenal are ready to strike in a transfer window that “changes everything”

 (R) Arsenal Managing Director Richard Garlick with (L) new Sporting Director Andrea Berta at Sobha Realty Training Centre on March 30, 2025 in London Colney, England.

New Arsenal sporting director Andrea Berta (left) is busy at work already (Image credit: Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

Following a final-day victory over Southampton, Arteta admitted that the upcoming transfer window is a pivotal one for his side as he looks to win a first title in 22 years for the Gunners.

“There are a lot of things to do,” the Basque boss admitted in his post-match press conference. “It will be a different one, and that changes everything.”

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta

Arteta has admitted Arsenal need work in the transfer market (Image credit: Alamy)

While Martin Zubmendi's move to North London is a “done deal” according to reports, there is new information on when the no.6 will officially become Arsenal's first signing of the summer.

AS in Spain says that the Spanish international has had a verbal agreement for a while that the player could complete his move today, after the BBC's Sami Mokbel – the journalist who originally broke the story in January that – confirmed the star's medical.

El Diario Vasco, however, reports that the deal made not be made official for another month.

FourFourTwo understands that both Arsenal and selling club Real Sociedad have negotiated Zubimendi's £51 million release clause in order to best decide how the fee should be paid, with Financial Fair Play rules (FFP), Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) and both club's yearly accounts considerations when making this transfer.

Arsenal target Martin Zubimendi of Spain thanks the fans during the UEFA Nations League quarterfinal leg one match between Netherlands and Spain at De Kuip on March 20, 2025 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Zubimendi looks like joining Arsenal shortly (Image credit: Marcel ter Bals/DeFodi Images/DeFodi via Getty Images)

It's believed that Zubimendi may be officially confirmed as an Arsenal player on July 1, in order to backdate the deal to 2025's financial year.

Zubimendi is worth €60m, as per Transfermarkt.

Mark White
Mark White
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Mark White has been at on FourFourTwo since joining in January 2020, first as a staff writer before becoming content editor in 2023. An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also represented FFT at both FA Cup and League Cup finals (though didn't receive a winners' medal on either occasion) and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. He has written cover features for the mag on Mikel Arteta and Martin Odegaard, and is assisted by his cat, Rosie, who has interned for the brand since lockdown.