Jamie Carragher has accused Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta of sabotaging Liverpool’s transfer deal for Martin Zubimendi.

The Premier League champions tried to sign Zubimendi from Real Sociedad last summer but the Spanish midfielder ended up rejecting the move.

Zubimendi finally completed a move to England earlier in the summer, joining Liverpool’s rivals Arsenal for around £60m.

Arsenal reportedly agreed a deal for the 26-year-old at the start of the year and Carragher believes it was Arteta who convinced Zubimendi to snub Liverpool and hold out for a move to the Emirates Stadium.

‘I’m convinced now that Mikel Arteta definitely stole him from Liverpool,’ Carragher said on the Stick to Football podcast. ‘He had agreed to come to Liverpool.

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