The catalyst for Sanchez\u2019s sudden availability was a series of disappointing performances that forced Xabi Alonso to act decisively. Despite initially backing his compatriot, Alonso sanctioned a \u00a37.5m move for Aston Villa Martinez after the Spaniard was at fault for both goals in a narrow 3-2 victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage.<\/p>\n
The Argentine international was thrust immediately into the starting lineup for Sunday\u2019s 4-3 win against Brighton, confirming Sanchez\u2019s new status as a third-choice goalkeeper behind the former Arsenal man and deputy Mike Penders, who has returned from an impressive loan stint at Strasbourg.<\/p>\n
Martinez wasted no time in making his presence felt, expressing his desire to restore the club to its former glory. After his debut, Martinez stated: “I spoke with John Terry and Petr Cech. I know how big this club is and what we want to achieve this season. I came here to help. I had an amazing seven years at Aston Villa. I have come here to challenge and to try and win the Premier League.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The catalyst for Sanchez\u2019s sudden availability was a series of disappointing performances that forced Xabi Alonso to act…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[148711,4027,39632,85,46,2619,153364,25548,105,265745,9461],"class_list":["post-601857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-c-fabregas","tag-chelsea","tag-como","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-premier-league","tag-r-sanchez","tag-serie-a","tag-sports","tag-t-chalobah","tag-transfers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}