The 33-year-old goalkeeper from Birmingham’s Aston Villa is moving to London’s Chelsea.
It is reported that the value of this deal is £7.5 million (almost €9 million).
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The Argentine will sign a two-year contract with the “aristocrats”.
E. Martinez spent six years in Birmingham after moving from London’s Arsenal, where he belonged for eight years but was mostly loaned to other teams and played only 15 matches for the “Gunners”.
With Aston Villa, the goalkeeper won the UEFA Europa League last season and played a total of 213 matches for this team.
However, this summer, the team coached by Unai Emery signed Japanese Zion Suzuki, who will likely take over the role of the main goalkeeper, and a new team was sought for E. Martinez. Initially, it seemed that the Argentine would move to Juventus in Turin, but that deal eventually fell through and Chelsea took advantage of the situation.
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In West London, the veteran will compete for the spot between the posts with Spaniard Robert Sanchez, who disappointed in the first Premier League round, and 19-year-old Belgian youngster Mike Penders.
E. Martinez has been the main goalkeeper for the Argentina national team for several years. In 2022, he saved a shot from Frenchman Kolo Muani in the last moments of extra time, saved three penalties in total during that tournament, and helped his country win the World Cup for the first time in 36 years. This year, he reached the final with the team led by Lionel Messi, where they lost to Spain.
The Argentine has also won the South American championship “Copa America” twice, and in 2022 and 2024 FIFA named him the best goalkeeper in the world for the year.
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