Arsenal appears to be close to securing a deal for Mikel Merino, as Real Sociedad dropped the biggest hint yet that he may be leaving this summer.
The midfielder has been in talks with Arsenal for several months, and reports suggest he had already agreed to join the Gunners before Euro 2024.
Real Sociedad still wants to keep him despite only a year remaining on his contract.
However, Merino has refused to sign an extension, and the club seems to have accepted that they will lose him.
In a clear sign that he is just days away from becoming an Arsenal player, Noticias de Gipuzkoa reveals that Merino has not been included in the travelling squad as Sociedad heads to Germany to face Union Berlin.
Other players in the squad who participated in Euro 2024, including Martin Zubimendi, have been included, but Merino has remained at home.
Arsenal will now look to finalise an agreement with Sociedad in the next few days to bring Merino to London.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Merino will make us better, and it feels great that we are closing in on the end of this transfer saga.
The midfielder has been on the radar of several top European clubs, and we are proud that he has chosen to join us.
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Good. He did participate in training with Sociedad so he has already done some conscientious preparation for the new season.
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Good news welcome home merino
The latest news may not be so encouraging unfortunately. Liverpool is reported to be pushing hard to sign Merino’s teammate Zubimendi and that has led to fears that Real Sociedad could close the door on Merino’s exit as they won’t want to lose both players.
Both Merino and Arsenal are apparently now ‘very nervous’ with this development and Arsenal are rushing to try and sign him up according to reports.
We’ll see what happens, but if Arsenal do lose out on him, then they’ve only themselves to blame. It’s pretty clear that Arsenal haven’t even opened formal negotiations yet which seems inexplicable. Why wait, and wait?
I don’t think many know, including me, the true story of has gone on with Merino, Zubimendi, Arsenal, Sociedad, and Liverpool (if anything). At this point it seems prudent to only go on what we do know for certain. Zubimendi went with the club to Germany and Merino did not. August 30 can’t get here quickly enough.
Next up is Proven striker. And thats Osimhen!
Hope we get this deal done fast, he is a great player and will strengthen our midfield immensely.
Why is Arsenal so slow in doing all their transfer businesses. So boring