After a ridiculous declare that Martin Zubimendi regretted turning down a transfer to Liverpool gained traction in England and Spain, it has been labelled “nonsense.”
Zubimendi rejected the prospect to affix Liverpool over the summer time in favour of staying with boyhood membership Actual Sociedad.
However after a tricky begin to the season, with Sociedad sitting sixteenth in LaLiga with 4 factors from six video games, it has been claimed that he was “regretting” his choice.
This got here through an ‘unique’ from Twitter parody account @indykaila and later picked up by Spanish outlet Estadio Deportivo.
The report cited “English media” as their supply – in different phrases, the aforementioned tweet – however was then regurgitated by the likes of the Liverpool Echo, the Mail, the Mirror and talkSPORT.
After all, with two minutes of analysis it might have been clear that these stories had been on the very least questionable – and this has been backed up by Spanish reporter Mikel Recalde.
Talking to DaveOCKOP, Recalde – journalist for San Sebastian newspaper Noticias de Gipuzkoa – described these new claims as “nonsense and invention.”
“It’s September, Martin Zubimendi determined to remain at Actual and he’s going to play the entire season right here,” he defined.
“Simply because the crew began badly isn’t going to alter something, because it’s the membership of his life, his loves, his emotions.
“Subsequent summer time we’ll see, however nothing has modified. Zubimendi isn’t going to remorse staying at residence. It’s nonsense and innovations.”
These stories got here after ideas that Sociedad had reneged on their promise to supply Zubimendi a brand new contract to reward his loyalty and take away a £51 million launch clause.
No talks over new Sociedad contract
However chatting with Recalde for Noticias de Gipuzkoa final week, president Jokin Aperribay insisted there was no such settlement.
“There was no dialog with Zubimendi to resume the contract,” he mentioned.
“There has not been now and there has not been earlier than. He didn’t put any circumstances on us.
“He understood the second and knew that it was a market wherein some gamers had been already going to depart, and he understood that it was a time to remain at Actual Sociedad.
“He has not put a renewal as a situation nor have we talked about it. The dialog with Martin was quick and fast.”
Since Zubimendi’s choice to show down Liverpool’s provide, Arne Slot has turned to Ryan Gravenberch as his first-choice starter within the No. 6 position.
The Dutchman has excelled thus far this season, a lot in order that there are actually query marks over whether or not Zubimendi was even wanted and if the place remains to be a precedence within the switch market shifting ahead.
