Overview
- Martin Zubimendi won the Premier League’s September Goal of the Month for a volley against Nottingham Forest, becoming the first Arsenal player to take the award since December 2021.
- The 26-year-old joined from Real Sociedad for a reported £55 million in the summer and has been deployed as a deep-lying midfielder under Mikel Arteta.
- He has logged more minutes than any Arsenal outfield player except Gabriel Magalhaes while the team sits top of the Premier League after seven matches.
- Martin Keown told talkSPORT that no summer signing across Europe has integrated and impacted their new team more, citing Zubimendi’s Forest brace and a seamless cameo against West Ham, and noting Arsenal can better absorb Martin Ødegaard being substituted.
- Football365 published an immediate critique calling the 'across Europe' claim exaggerated, pointing to other impactful summer arrivals and questioning the breadth of Keown’s comparison.