Martín Zubimendi was barely out of Arsenal’s team last season as the Gunners won the Premier League and reached the Champions League final. But the cultured midfielder is learning the hard way how fickle elite soccer can be, although all is not lost if he is willing to reinvent himself.
Arsenal beat Real Madrid to Zubimendi’s signature last summer, a year after he rejected a transfer to Liverpool. The former Real Sociedad star was an instant hit, starting 45 times across the Premier League and Champions League.