Arsenal are making a serious blunder. It's one that could see a star end up at Liverpool - just as they always planned.

Liverpool are in the market for a midfielder. They have to be, really, as they've struggled to control games in the middle of the pitch.

Though, we were saying this back in May. It felt inconceivable that Liverpool would pass through the summer transfer window without signing a new player in the middle, but that they did. In fact, they actually sold Curtis Jones and chose not to replace him.

But we fully expect them to head in a different direction in 2027. They've been heavily linked with Lamine Camara for one, while it does appear that Alexis Mac Allister could depart the club.

We think there's another possible option, though, and he's currently playing at Arsenal.

Rewind to 2024 and Liverpool’s top target for Martin Zubimendi. He was actually their only target - failure to land the player resulted in no major signings and the Reds simply moved on.

Zubimendi would then join Arsenal in 2025 and played an important role in delivering the Premier League title. The key part there is ‘an important role’ - because the Gunners themselves don’t appear to realise that.

The Spaniard has essentially been replaced by Bruno Guimaraes, who joined from Newcastle United this summer. Zubimendi has played just 89 minutes across Arsenal’s opening five matches as a result, a quite shocking figure.