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Zubimendi left Spain’s camp to prevent knee injury worsening and will miss the friendly against Egypt, returning to Arsenal for assessment before World Cup preparations.
- On Sunday, the Spanish federation released Martin Zubimendi from its national squad due to right knee discomfort, ruling the 27-year-old out of Tuesday's friendly against Egypt at RCDE Stadium.
- Zubimendi appeared as a late substitute for Rodri in Friday's 3-0 win over Serbia, playing 13 minutes, and has become a near-permanent starter for Arsenal this season.
- The RFEF stated the decision was made "to avoid any risk and protect the player's health," and Arsenal's medical staff have been fully informed of the entire process.
- Zubimendi is the latest Arsenal player to withdraw from international duty over the past 24 hours, as teammates Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, and Noni Madueke also returned to London Colney with fitness issues.
- Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta hopes the midfielder recovers for the FA Cup quarter-final against Southampton next weekend, as Zubimendi will not return to the national setup until summer World Cup warm-ups.
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Martín Zubimendi has today abandoned the concentration of the Spanish team due to a disturbance in the knee. “In order not to take any risk and preserve the health of the player it is proceeding to his devocatory. The medical services of Arsenal FC are informed of the whole process”, announced the Federation in a statement. The former player of the Royal Society played a few minutes on Friday against Serbia in place of Rodri and the foreseeable …
Martín Zubimendi will miss Spain-Egypt due to discomfort on his right knee, as the Federation announced this Sunday. The Arsenal midfielder abandons the concentration of the Spanish team before the trip of Luis de la Fuente to Barcelona for the friendly match next Tuesday at Cornellá stadium (18:00 hours). «Martín Zubimendi causes low in the concentration of the Spanish Selection due to discomfort in his right knee. In order not to take any risk…
Bad news for Martín Zubimendi and for Spain. The midfielder causes a decrease in the concentration of the selection due to the discomfort that suffers in his right knee. Thus, he will not be in the meeting that Luis de la Fuente's people are fighting on Tuesday (21.00 hours) against Egypt at the RCDE Stadium in Barcelona.
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