Arsenal midfielder Martín Zubimendi has blamed journalists and interviews for fuelling the fire over a potential move to Real Madrid in the summer, before he signed for the Gunners.
Zubimendi signed for the north London club at the start of July in a £60 million ($80.1 million) deal, and has started well in the Premier League. Arsenal supporters are hopeful that the club’s aggressive transfer window will help them get over the line in the title race this term, having finished runners-up in three consecutive seasons.
The reserved midfielder, ironically in a recent interview with , blamed the media for erroneously stoking the fire before his move to Arsenal was complete.
“Well, I don’t know. In the end, based on the experiences I’ve had… they haven’t brought me many positive things. Sometimes they’ve even been negative, they’ve gotten me into trouble here and there… There have been some that have caused me awkward moments, so I prefer to avoid them sometimes,” the Arsenal midfielder said when asked if he liked doing interviews.
Linking it back to transfer talk in the summer, Zubimendi was questioned at the end if there was any truth to a Real Madrid move. The Spaniard replied with a chuckle before adding: “You see what I was saying about interviews?”
