{"id":298744,"date":"2025-12-04T15:15:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/298744\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T15:15:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:15:11","slug":"aston-villa-want-borussia-monchengladbach-goalkeeper-moritz-nicolas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/298744\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa want Borussia Monchengladbach goalkeeper Moritz Nicolas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/borussia-monchengladbach-v-rb-leipzig-bundesliga-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa are looking to sign Borussia Monchengladbach goalkeeper Moritz Nicolas if Emiliano Martinez leaves at the end of the season, according to Sky Germany journalist Patrick Berger.<\/p>\n<p>The Villa Park club are likely to lose the Argentine after he <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsview.co.uk\/2025\/08\/jadon-sancho-could-move-to-aston-villa-on-loan-if-emi-martinez-joins-man-united\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"pushed to leave last summer,\">pushed to leave last summer,<\/a> and manager Unai Emery has identified Nicolas as a potential replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Monchengladbach are looking for a replacement for their German goalie, having come close to losing him last summer.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udfe3 Aston Villa have added Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach goalkeeper Moritz Nicolas (28\/\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea) to their shortlist for the summer, in case no. 1 Emiliano Mart\u00ednez leaves. \ud83e\udde4 <\/p>\n<p>Nicolas turned down Brentford last year, is having a top season at Gladbach and feels comfortable \u2013 but a summer\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ntanLzbj4z\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ntanLzbj4z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrick Berger (@berger_pj) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/berger_pj\/status\/1996497306556731603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Villa have started the season well, with just six points separating them from Premier League leaders Arsenal after 14 games. <\/p>\n<p>Martinez has been in goal in 11 league games, keeping four clean sheets and helping the Midlands club record seven wins and two draws.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old still has two-and-a-half years left on his current contract, but he could push to leave again as he will not be short of suitors at the end of the season. <\/p>\n<p>He was waiting to join Manchester United on the last summer transfer deadline day. While they have moved on, others will be keeping tabs on his situation.<\/p>\n<p>Villa have Nicolas on their radar, and qualifying for the Champions League would boost their chances of signing him.<\/p>\n<p>He turned down Brentford last year but has been linked with a potential summer exit.<\/p>\n<p>Nicolas has kept five clean sheets in 12 Bundesliga appearances this term and is one of the best goalkeepers in the German top-flight.<\/p>\n<p>He is comfortable with the ball at his feet and is also brilliant at making saves in one-on-one situations. He also has solid reflexes.<\/p>\n<p>Nicolas will not be the only goalie on the Midlands club\u2019s radar, but he features high on their wishlist and has what it takes to replace Martinez.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SV_Logo_250x50_PNG.png\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 250px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 250\/50;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aston Villa are looking to sign Borussia Monchengladbach goalkeeper Moritz Nicolas if Emiliano Martinez leaves at the end&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-298744","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}