Zubimendi Says No: How One Basque Midfielder Stopped the Global Transfer Machine Cold
Zubimendi: A Basque Anchor in the Age of Football Mercenaries By Our Man in the Transfer Minefield It’s 3 a.m. in Singapore, prime time for European football gossip addicts. Across the hemisphere, phones ping with the same headline: “Zubimendi Turns Down Liverpool.” Somewhere in Texas, a hedge-fund bro who’s never seen San Sebastián except on…