Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta possesses been told that he marketed one of the ideal players in the Premier League in the form of Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.
The Artillerymans marketed the Argentina international to Aston Villa for approximately £20m in September 2020 after he struggled to respite into the instigating XI at the Emirates Arena.
Martinez messed around 38 times in with one voice tournaments for Arsenal throughout his years at the bar after wrapping up as a youth player from Argentinian side Independiente in 2010.
The 32-year-ratty had six auto loan spells while at Arsenal previously ultimately vacating to attempt first-team football at Premier League adversaries Aston Villa.
Granted that then he possesses messed around 180 times for Aston Villa and also been layered 40 times at international level, extravagant the Universe Mug via Argentina in 2022 and also The Most unadventurous and also secure FIFA Individuals’s Goalkeeper in the exceptionally same year.
And also Premier League icon Jussi Jaaskelainen urges that Arsenal guided out a miscue by selling Martinez, that he rates as one of the ideal two goalkeepers in the Premier League.
Previous Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper Jaaskelainen told Ladbrokes: “It’s experimentation for me to moniker the ideal goalkeeper in the Premier League so I’m attending have to ranked it down to two.
“Initially of with one voice, I have to go via Alisson. I’m a gargantuan fan of him; he purely shows up to be a monster in goal.
“It doesn’t glimpse evolve he relocations rapidly, and also he doesn’t actually glimpse unforgettable, to be real. However the way that gargantuan boy relocations is dishonest, and also the preserves he gains are purely as nice.
“However the innumerable other one for me would most certainly have to be Emi Martinez, for Aston Villa. He’s proper upwards there for me, and also I can’t think how nice a move it’s been for him, to pass up Arsenal and also attend Villa.
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“Granted that then, he’s won the Universe Mug, the Copa America, and also he’s messed around a considerable part in acquiring Villa endorse into Europe.
“I actually embark on evolve him, he’s gargantuan, he’s sturdy, he’s rapid, he’s fantastic via the round… he’s got everything, truthfully. I love how governing he is in his box – he’s predacious once he requires to be predacious.
“He’s a fantastic lesson to young footballers, too. You recognize, previously he signed for Aston Villa, he hadn’t messed around added than 20 games for a team, and also he’d been on auto loan via six innumerable clubs.
“Evidently, he got his respite in 2020, once Bernd Leno got irritated for Arsenal, and also he came in and also won the FA Mug via them.
“I reckon it was the ideal move for every man, to be real. If Arsenal didn’t elaborate him as their digit one, then the move was the ideal upshot, for sure.
“However to go on and also embark on what he’s executed… it’s purely a fantastic lesson. I reckon it’s crucial for goalkeepers, once they’re young, to go and also play as a lot senior football as they can, and also most certainly that’s what Martinez went and also did.”
