15/10/2025
Martin Zubimendi on the demands of his position: “The pivot has to be someone who is very complete - he has to have the best qualities with the ball & without it, plus the physical capability. He has to be able to do everything.”
“The mentality is: be a man. Go into clashes hard. It’s more direct. In Spain when you get the ball, it’s more about keeping it. [In England], whenever you win it, it’s straight on to the attack. Transitions are unavoidable, it’s harder to control, but [handling] that is not about ability as such.”
“That’s different to La Liga but the thing that has most struck me is the dead ball, how important it is. I’m seeing loads of goals from that & they’re often what opens up the game. We have a set-play coach & we work on that practically daily.”
