{"id":861485,"date":"2026-08-17T16:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/861485\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T16:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:04:12","slug":"emi-martinez-aston-villa-goalkeepers-future-unclear-after-juventus-deal-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/861485\/","title":{"rendered":"Emi Martinez: Aston Villa goalkeeper’s future unclear after Juventus deal collapses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Villa have been open to selling Martinez, who joined from Arsenal<\/a> for \u00a317m in 2020, but it was not down to any doubts about his ability. <\/p>\n

The club were eager to lower the average age of their squad, and – with Martinez one of the top earners – also needed to address their finances. <\/p>\n

The need for Villa to sell this summer – with Morgan Rogers leaving for Chelsea<\/a> for \u00a3117m, and Youri Tielemans and Lucas Digne also sold – has been well documented as they look to comply with the financial rules of both Uefa and the Premier League.<\/p>\n

Martinez’s departure would have ticked two boxes, especially with Suzuki due to turn 24 on Friday. Villa view him as someone who can be their No 1 for 10 years.<\/p>\n

The developments come a month after director of football operations Damian Vidagany said he expected Martinez to stay. <\/p>\n

“The goalkeeper’s future is settled. He is staying with us, and we have no intention of letting him go this summer,” Vidagany told 365 Scores.<\/p>\n

“The team needs his efforts and extensive experience, and he is a very important element in our project for next season.<\/p>\n

“All the news published by the media about his departure to Juventus does not reflect the club’s true position. Martinez is a very important player for us, and we expect him to continue delivering his outstanding performances alongside his team-mates.”<\/p>\n

Yet Villa now must find a route out for Martinez, or leave an expensive asset out of the team. <\/p>\n

The Premier League’s transfer window closes on 1 September but Martinez has had previous interest from Saudi Arabia, where the window is open until 12 October. The deadline in Turkey is 4 September.<\/p>\n

This, of course, is not the first time Martinez has been close to leaving Villa, after interest from Manchester United<\/a> last summer.<\/p>\n

Ruben Amorim wanted Martinez but was overruled by the United hierarchy who opted to spend more money on their forward options – including \u00a362.5m on Matheus Cunha<\/a> and \u00a365m on Bryan Mbeumo<\/a> – feeling it was a better long-term investment.<\/p>\n

Goalkeeper Senne Lammens was signed instead from Royal Antwerp for about \u00a318m. <\/p>\n

Martinez stayed and helped Villa lift the Europa League, ending a 30-year trophy drought. But that famous night in Istanbul could have been his last for Villa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Villa have been open to selling Martinez, who joined from Arsenal for \u00a317m in 2020, but it was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-861485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}