‘I suffered through my time at Arsenal,’ he saysVilla promise goalkeeper first-team placeAston Villa have completed the signing of the goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez from
Arsenal on a four-year contract for £20m.
Martínez has been promised first-team
Football by Dean Smith, who was persuaded to make his move by the 28-year-old’s string of impressive performances deputising for Bernd Leno after the Covid-19 shutdown. Martínez had hoped that run in the Arsenal team, after laying a vital role during their FA Cup win, would earn him the No 1 spot but no such assurances were forthcoming and he felt compelled to move on.