Football · The Done DealPublished · 2026-08-13
The Done Deal
€70.0m at 1.17× his valuation: Martín Zubimendi to Arsenal, 9th on the Premier League's 2025/26 list
Real Sociedad to Arsenal for €70.0m. What the price says against the 148 other disclosed fees the Premier League paid that season.
THE BACK PAGE · the money behind the move · ACTUAL SPORTS MEDIA
Arsenal paid Real Sociedad €70.0m for Martín Zubimendi, a midfielder who was 26 at the time of the move.
The fee
€70.0m
9th largest of 148 disclosed fees into the Premier League, 2025/26
Against the market's number
1.17×
His market value at the time of the move was €60.0m.
Contract signed
5 years
The length of the commitment, not the outcome of it.
What that buys is a separate question from what it cost. This is the price and the shape of the deal, read against every other fee the Premier League disclosed in 2025/26 — not a forecast of how the signing turns out.
Transfer record, fees and market values: ACTUAL TRANSFER MARKET (actualtransfermarket.com). Analysis: ACTUAL SPORT INTELLIGENCE.
Confidence HighEvidence Actual Sport IntelligencePublished 2026-08-13Partial add_ons withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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