This team wins the lot: Arsenal’s potential XI for 2025/26 with four new signings, including Zubimendi | OneFootball

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·10 May 2025

This team wins the lot: Arsenal’s potential XI for 2025/26 with four new signings, including Zubimendi

Article image:This team wins the lot: Arsenal’s potential XI for 2025/26 with four new signings, including Zubimendi

There’s been a significant update on Arsenal’s transfer plans for the summer as Fabrizio Romano gave his trademark “here we go” to the Martin Zubimendi deal.

It looks like everything is more or less in place for the Real Sociedad midfielder to join the Gunners, who could be in for a busy summer.


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It’s been a disappointing season at the Emirates Stadium, with the team set to finish trophyless again, and that surely means some major spending is required on new signings.

See below as Romano has posted about Zubimendi joining Arsenal, while a report from Football Transfers has also linked the north Londoners strongly with two other Spanish stars in the form of Nico Williams and Joan Garcia.

? Arsenal agree deal to sign Martin Zubimendi from Real Sociedad, here we go! ??? Zubimendi has now verbally agreed to sign a long term deal… so formal steps must follow soon with Arsenal to trigger €60m clause. Zubi, ready to become the first signing of the new season. pic.twitter.com/yzYJOydstE — Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 10, 2025

Meanwhile, speculation has also been hotting up that Arsenal will win the race for Sporting Lisbon striker Viktor Gyokeres.

That’s according to a recent report from talkSPORT, so what could Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal XI look like next season if these four big names all end up coming in?

Arsenal XI for next season with Zubimendi and other signings

See below for a potential Arsenal XI with four new signings, including Zubimendi and Gyokeres…

Article image:This team wins the lot: Arsenal’s potential XI for 2025/26 with four new signings, including Zubimendi

Arsenal XI graphic (buildlineup.com)

This looks like a pretty immense line up for Arteta, who would still have other big names like Kai Havertz, Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard in reserve up front.

Ben White and Riccardo Calafiori would also be able to rotate with Jurrien Timber and Myles Lewis-Skelly, respectively, and it would be interesting to see if Garcia ended up replacing David Raya as the first choice number one.

Would four summer signings be enough for Arsenal?

It’s clear Arsenal need a big summer, and sorting out their goal-scoring issues has to be the top priority.

Article image:This team wins the lot: Arsenal’s potential XI for 2025/26 with four new signings, including Zubimendi

Viktor Gyokeres and Nico Williams (Photo by Stuart Franklin, Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Williams and Gyokeres coming in to that front three should make the world of difference, and Zubimendi can make up for the likely departure of experienced midfielder Jorginho at the end of his contract.

Garcia joining is the most interesting one in some ways, as there doesn’t look like an obvious need to be replacing Raya.

The former Brentford goalkeeper only joined Arsenal last season, and hasn’t put a foot wrong really, so perhaps those funds could be better focused elsewhere in the squad.

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