Zubimendi, after resisting offers Barcelona and Liverpool over the past two years, decided to join the Gunners for the new season.
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The former Real Sociedad captain explained to the Guardian: "I had seen Arsenal and I liked everything I saw in terms of passion, youth, the feeling you got when you saw them.
"And when Mikel Arteta called me ... If you've ever talked to him, you know he can be very convincing.
"He (Arteta) loves football, crazy about having everything under control and trying to get something out of every little detail."