Liverpool make Real Sociedad’s Martín Zubimendi their top midfield target | Liverpool

Liverpool have recognized Actual Sociedad’s Martín Zubimendi as their first main signing of the summer time. It’s understood the Euro 2024 winner with Spain, who has a reported launch clause of £51m, is considered as a viable choice to fill the defensive midfield position.

That place has been in want of strengthening because the departure of Fabinho 12 months in the past. The Japan worldwide Wataru Endo was introduced in from Stuttgart late within the window for £16m after Liverpool missed out on a few different targets however the now 31-year-old was considered as a short-term answer.

For a big proportion of final season Alexis Mac Allister was deployed as a No 6 and final month Liverpool rejected a £12m bid from Marseille for Endo. A transfer for the 25-year-old Zubimendi can be the primary vital enterprise for the brand new sporting director, Richard Hughes, who stated final month that July can be quiet owing to ongoing worldwide tournaments however August would deliver “a crescendo” of switch exercise.

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