Man Utd, Chelsea and Tottenham are all eager about signing Aston Villa goalkeeper Emi Martinez, who’s open to a transfer this summer season, in line with stories.
The Argentine shot-stopper joined the Villans from Arsenal for round £14million in 2020.
Martinez had spent over 10 years on Arsenal’s books earlier than securing a transfer to Villa Park.
Sport time got here very not often throughout his decade on the Emirates, nevertheless. Martinez was loaned out six occasions earlier than sealing a everlasting exit.
The 30-year-old did handle 38 first-team appearances for the Gunners and caught the eye of a number of golf equipment after he helped Mikel Arteta’s aspect win the FA Cup in 2019/20.
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He made 23 of his 38 appearances for the London membership that season following Bernd Leno’s damage towards Brighton in June 2020.
Since becoming a member of Villa, Martinez has established himself as among the finest goalkeepers within the Premier League.
His fantastic kind for the Villans helped him turn into a daily for the Argentine nationwide workforce and he performed a large half of their World Cup win final 12 months.
Martinez has been linked with a transfer elsewhere for fairly a while now and with a number of huge golf equipment looking out for a brand new No. 1, rumours over his future don’t appear to be going away.
The aforementioned Premier League trio are all anticipated to signal a brand new goalkeeper this summer season, with Man Utd boss Erik ten Hag searching for some competitors for David De Gea, whereas Chelsea and Tottenham want to exchange Kepa Arrizabalaga and Hugo Lloris, respectively.
Martinez would definitely be an improve on all three goalkeepers and a good journalist primarily based in Argentina has mentioned he’s open to a transfer this summer season.
Writing on Twitter, Gaston Edul has mentioned ‘the thought is’ Martinez will probably be off on the finish of the season.
The three Premier League golf equipment eager about signing him are Man Utd, Chelsea and Spurs, Edul says.
Spurs have essentially the most curiosity with Lloris out of contract on the finish of twenty-two/23.
Martinez’s departure this summer season is ‘very probably’, although there is no such thing as a point out of how a lot Aston Villa will ask for if they’re open to letting the previous Arsenal teen depart.
Man Utd supervisor Ten Hag has been keen to increase De Gea’s contract for fairly a while, together with his present deal set to run out this summer season.
The Spanish goalkeeper has been within the highlight just lately after he made a pricey error within the Crimson Devils’ 1-0 defeat to West Ham final Sunday.
This has forged doubt over De Gea’s future at Previous Trafford, with some stories saying Ten Hag is now contemplating signing a brand new No. 1.
Ought to Martinez be accessible for an honest value, the Dutch supervisor needs to be throughout this, however it’s believed he should promote earlier than he buys with the overwhelming majority of his price range anticipated to go on a brand new striker.
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